Oscar Wilde Quotes on Aesthetics
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
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Genius lasts longer than beauty.
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It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
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Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.