Oscar Wilde Quotes

Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.

Oscar Wilde

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• Artist
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• Interference

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• Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Men
  • Earth
  • Fashion

• Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.

  

  Kate Reardon
  • Life
  • Children
  • Home

• It's amazing living alone. I'm very lucky. It's like a refuge.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Alone
  • Amazing
  • Lucky

• The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.

  

  Zac Posen
  • Different
  • Fashion
  • Body

• There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

  

  Ovid
  • Pleasure
  • Anxiety
  • Pure

• By nature, men desire the beautiful.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Men
  • Nature
  • Beautiful

• Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • History
  • True
  • Soul

• Work is both my living and my pleasure.

  

  Harlan Howard
  • Work
  • Pleasure
  • Living

• I want to make affordable shoes of quality that are very fashion forward, chic, and that I'm going to wear.

  

  Zendaya
  • Fashion
  • Quality
  • Shoes

• I'm not fashionable, and I know nothing about fashion, but I have my individual style, and style is eternal.

  

  Vidya Balan
  • Know
  • Fashion
  • Style

• I invited a group of students to my studio to expose them to both the creative and business sides of the fashion industry. It was fun because the group was so bright and full of curiosity. They asked really challenging questions about all aspects of the business and absorbed so much information so quickly.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
  • Business
  • Fun
  • Fashion

• I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.

  

  Valentino Garavani
  • Fashion
  • Like
  • Moment

• You can watch Chanel fashion shows and watch the news. Fortunately you don't have to choose. I always vote, I go to rallies, but I also go to fashion shows.

  

  Maiwenn
  • Fashion
  • Choose
  • Vote

• If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Country
  • Family
  • Mother

• Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.

  

  Naveen Andrews
  • Women
  • Character
  • Beautiful

• Certainly it is a blessing to have three beautiful kids who are all healthy. God put them here for me to nurture and bring them up and try to keep as close to right as I can. So it's a blessing. It's a big responsibility, but at the same time it's an honor.

  

  Faith Evans
  • Up
  • Time
  • God

• Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Beautiful
  • Joy
  • Eternity

• Music is part of the life of fashion, too.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Life
  • Music
  • Fashion

• I'm a big people watcher and a people talker. The beautiful thing about being an artist and a creative person is that you can get an idea from anywhere, and I'm always on the hunt for them.

  

  Ava DuVernay
  • People
  • Beautiful

• I sit alone at present, dreaming darkly of a Dun.

  

  Charles Stuart Calverley
  • Alone
  • Present

• Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which no mind can calculate. depend upon books.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • Mind
  • Art
  • Book

• Develop your talent, man, and leave the world something. Records are really gifts from people. To think that an artist would love you enough to share his music with anyone is a beautiful thing

  

  Howard Duane Allman The Allman Brothers Band
  • Music
  • Talent
  • Records

• Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Beautiful
  • Alone
  • Artist