tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post4231188501745835510..comments2024-01-08T00:59:52.091-07:00Comments on muse-ings: Oscar's artist's statementUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-39666094868136473372007-10-26T21:55:00.000-06:002007-10-26T21:55:00.000-06:00"All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who ..."All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.<BR/>Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. <BR/><BR/>It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.<BR/><BR/>Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself. <BR/><BR/>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.<BR/><BR/>All art is quite useless.<BR/><BR/>OSCAR WILDE"<BR/><BR/>I've always admired this statement of convictions by Wilde... <A HREF="http://ideas-and-images.blogspot.com/2006/12/vote-here.html" REL="nofollow">post</A>Matt Niebuhrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09654573522375379923noreply@blogger.com