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Oscar Wilde Quotes about Desire

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I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified. As for the mob, I have no desire to be a popular novelist. It is far too easy.

I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified. As for the mob, I have no desire to be a popular novelist. It is far too easy.

Oscar Wilde
Writing, Giving, Desire
Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.82, Courier Corporation

Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.

Oscar Wilde
Witty, Inspire, Desire
Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.96, First Avenue Editions

LADY BRACKNELL Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man. He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire?

Oscar Wilde
Men, Desire, Looks
Oscar Wilde (1899). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.135

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