4 Oscar Wilde Quotes on Music

Oscar Wilde quotes on music

50. From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician. From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type.

87. Her eyes caught the melody and echoed it in radiance, then closed for a moment, as though to hide their secret. When they opened, the mist of a dream had passed across them.

155. Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk.

208. It is sweet to dance to violins When Love and Life are fair: To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes Is delicate and rare: But it is not sweet with nimble feet To dance upon the air!