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What does it mean?
Art endures and continues forever.
In plain terms
Art lives on through time.
What can you take from it?
Create works that can outlast their era.

Where it applies

  • cultural preservation
  • heritage projects

Putting it to work

  • focus on universal themes
  • use durable media

Questions to consider

  • What makes a piece timeless?
  • How can you ensure your work endures?

Another view

Not all art survives; many are lost.

More from Oscar Wilde

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  2. Meredith is a prose Browning, and so is Browning. He used poetry as a medium for writing in prose.

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  3. His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning.

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