7 Oscar Wilde Quotes on Aesthetics

Oscar Wilde quotes on aesthetics

14. And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

17. Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror.

39. It is through art, and through art only, that we can realize our perfection; through art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

43. The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.

65. Genius lasts longer than beauty.

70. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

71. Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.