The Decay of Lying

"Is fortunate for us, however, that nature is so imperfect, as otherwise we should have no art at all. Art is our spirited protest, our gallant attempt to teach nature her proper place. As for the infinite variety of nature, that is pure myth. It is not to be found in nature herself. It resides in the imagination, or fancy, or cultivated blindness of the man who looks at her.

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. Then, and then only, does it come into existence."
~ Oscar Wilde

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