All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their own peril. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the preface More Quotes by Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the preface More Quotes From Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the preface All art is quite useless. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the preface It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the preface
