Oscar Wilde Quotes about Perfection

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Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection?

Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection?

Oscar Wilde

Perfection, Way, Said

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Oscar Wilde

Art, Perfection, Perfectionist

1891 Intentions, 'The Critic as Artist'.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

Oscar Wilde

Perfection, Laziness, Youth

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.166, Wordsworth Editions

Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of, herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance.

Oscar Wilde

Art, Resemblance Is, Perfection

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.313, Penguin

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.

Oscar Wilde

Morning, Writing, Perfection

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.225, Wordsworth Editions

It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

Oscar Wilde

Art, Fear, Perfection

Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.380, University of Chicago Press