7 Oscar Wilde Quotes on Perception

Oscar Wilde quotes on perception

5. Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

19. He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.

26. Tell me, when you are alone with him [ Max Beerbohm ] Sphinx, does he take off his face and reveal his mask?

30. No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

40. As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

181. Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

217. A thing is, according to the mode in which one looks at it.