Monthly Archives: October 2025

Carter Lepley   “Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.” – Oscar Wilde   Oscar Wilde quotes this in the preface of his work, The Picture of Dorian Gray, to … Continue reading →

Eli Jordan “No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved” — Oscar Wilde, Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray I agree with Wilde’s idea that no great artist makes their art to prove … Continue reading →

Marisa Bartosik In the preface of his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde states that “There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all.” In … Continue reading →

“It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.” — Oscar Wilde, Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde’s line that “it is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors”  feels pretty relevant in … Continue reading →

Jake Thompson “All art is at once surface and symbol.” -Oscar Wilde “The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.”-Oscar Wilde I agree with the first aphorism, and I … Continue reading →

Cora Reynolds ” All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril” – Oscar Wilde, Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray One thing that really stands out to me … Continue reading →

Reagan Lynch “Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming.” – Oscar Wilde I think that I would agree with this aphorism. When you first hear it, it sounds like an insult, but if you … Continue reading →

Emily Urban My aphorism Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these, there is hope. To me this makes me think about people who appreciate art for what it is. They don’t try to find … Continue reading →

Lillian Tumminia Oscar Wilde’s statement, “No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved,” shows his belief that art exists not to argue or to explain itself, but to be simply art on its own. … Continue reading →

“The moral life of man forms part of the subject–matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium” – Oscar Wilde  Whenever Oscar Wilde says that “the morality of art consists … Continue reading →