Oscar Wilde
Writer
"All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril."
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Beneath The Surface
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Oscar Wilde
Writer
"When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"All art is at once surface and symbol."
Bryan Davis
Musician
"Stir not murky waters if you know not the depth or the creatures that dwell beneath the surface."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"It's the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors."
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"The world is satisfied with words, few care to dive beneath the surface."
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"Is it not clear that a reviewer's psyche, like an iceberg, is seven-eighths beneath the surface?"
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