We can forgive a man for making a useful thing, as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless. -Oscar Wilde

 

We can forgive a man for making a useful thing, as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.


-Oscar Wilde
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This quote is just one of 257 total Oscar Wilde quotes in our collection. Oscar Wilde is known for saying 'We can forgive a man for making a useful thing, as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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