“ To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes. Oscar Wilde
“ Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I have put only my talent into my works. Oscar Wilde
“ Man is complete in himself. When they go into the world, the world will disagree with them. That is inevitable. The world hates Individualism. But that is not to trouble them. They are to be calm and… Oscar Wilde
“ I am the prince of procrastination. It is my besetting sin. I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after Gyles Brandreth
“ The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever. Even if people employ actual violence, they are not to be violent in turn. That would be… Oscar Wilde
“ Hanging out does not make one an artist. A secondhand wardrobe does not make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, nor even HI… David Rakoff
“ Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. Oscar Wilde
“ The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered. Oscar Wilde
“ What odd chaps you painters are! You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it away. It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the w… Oscar Wilde
“ Oh bless Speranza, for giving her son such a preposterous name as Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde. Mary Ann Shaffer
“ Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars. Gyles Brandreth
