Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, life wouldn't be worth living.
Oscar WildeRead
It's the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Interpretation
Art reflects our perceptions and interpretations rather than depicting life as it is.
Oscar Wilde's quote highlights the idea that art is a reflection of the viewer's own experiences, beliefs, and emotions, rather than a direct representation of reality. It suggests that the meaning of art is heavily influenced by the spectator's perspective, making art a subjective experience that varies from person to person.
In practice
In an art class, to encourage students to share their thoughts, a teacher might say, 'As Oscar Wilde noted, it's the spectator, not life, that art really mirrors.'
Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, life wouldn't be worth living.
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His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be
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The meaning of quality in photography's best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system.
Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.
I bid the chords sweet music make, And all must follow in my wake.
Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
I knew there was something special about the theater for me something beyond the regular reality, something that I could get into and transcend and become something other than myself.
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