The Arts
- Acting and filmmaking
- Billy Wilder (1906–2002), Austrian-born American film director
- Gene Wilder (born 1933), American actor
- Literature
- Cherry Wilder, pseudonym of New Zealander writer Cherry Barbara Grimm (1930–2002)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), American writer
- Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968), American writer
- Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), American writer
- Music
- Alan Wilder (born 1959), British electronic musician
- Alec Wilder (1907–1980), American composer and songwriter
- Matthew Wilder (born 1953), American musician
- Webb Wilder (born 1954), American singer-songwriter
Famous quotes containing the word arts:
“On every hand we observe a truly wise practice, in education, in morals, and in the arts of life, the embodied wisdom of many an ancient philosopher.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I haven’t seen so much tippy-toeing around since the last time I went to the ballet. When members of the arts community were asked this week about one of their biggest benefactors, Philip Morris, and its requests that they lobby the New York City Council on the company’s behalf, the pas de deux of self- justification was so painstakingly choreographed that it constituted a performance all by itself.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)