Oscar Wilde Quotes

No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.

Oscar Wilde

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• Sympathy
• Ethical
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• No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Style
  • Artist
  • Sympathy