Oscar Wilde

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• Teleny, Or the Reverse of the Medal

  
  { feuilleton } — Authority: 470
  Bibliothèque Libertine edition (1996). The quintessence of bliss can, therefore, only be enjoyed by beings of the same sex… Teleny More Wildeana, and yes, it’s that painting again … Teleny is an authorless and explicitly homoerotic novel often attributed to Oscar Wilde although what evidence there ...
  3 days ago

• "The only thing worse than being laughed at is not being laughed at."

  
  c0wb0yz Lives ! — Authority: 134
  “The only thing worse than being laughed at is not being laughed at.” - Oscar Wilde cité par Pierre Sérisier dans “The Thick Of It - In The Loop with Iannucci” sur Le Monde Des Séries (December 3rd, 2009) Le problème avec les citations d’Oscar Wilde, c’est qu’après le doux instant où on ...
  4 days ago

• Wilde, Hitler, Hornby: How Books Can Shape Lives

  
  BOOK SA - News — Authority: 507
  Ann Donald examines the influence of reading on lifestyle and personality with a set of unusual, and rather intriguing, biographical works. Safe to say that Wilde had read more than his fair share of books in the 46 years he lived. The details of what and how he read, as well as how his life was influenced by his ...
  4 days ago

• Death in Genoa

  
  { feuilleton } — Authority: 470
  Death in Genoa | Simon Callow plays Oscar Wilde in a drama available as a free download.
  5 days ago

• And Into The World There Came a Soul Called Ida

  
  Redtree Times — Authority: 129
  This painting, And Into The World  There Came a Soul Called Ida , is the work of the late Ivan Albright .  Not a household name by any means, but if you’ve seen his work you’ll definitely remember it. I saw a large  retrospective of his work a number of years ago at the Met and was fascinated ( and a ...
  6 days ago

• Fun Facts About Ireland

  
  Irish Celtic Jewels Blog — Authority: 121
  If you think you know a lot about Ireland – think again!  You may be very interested in reading about these lesser-known Irish facts. Commonly-known facts about Ireland are often centered around Celtic folklore , political unrest (i.e. The Troubles), and notable Irish contributions to art and culture (from ...
  1 week ago

• The end of Orpheus

  
  { feuilleton } — Authority: 470
  Orphée endormant Cerbère by Henri Peinte (1887). It’s often difficult to imagine a perfectly innocent motive when looking at works such as these. Did the world really need another statue of Orpheus or is the true intention revealed by those carefully sculpted buttocks, with the mythology added as a convenient ...
  1 week ago

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  Halloween Folk Art by The Holiday Queen — Authority: 114
  Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror. Oscar Wilde
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• Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde: 16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900

  
  Baroque in Hackney — Authority: 511
  Oscar Wilde, 1889, Cameron Studio Robert Ross to More Adey, December 14, 1900:* During my absence Reggie went every day to see Oscar, and wrote me short bulletins every other day. Oscar went out with him several times driving, and seemed much better… but on the Wednesday evening, at five-thirty, I got a telegram ...
  1 week ago

• Morrissey’s Desert Island Discs

  
  Niklas' blog — Authority: 124
  Well, I’m a sucker for Morrissey as you might know, and as such I know that he yesterday visited Kirsty Young at the jolly BBC’s “Desert Island Discs” to play outtakes from what eight discs he would bring to a desert island. No real surprises there, but a mix of varied tracks with a strong foot in the 1970s, ...
  1 week ago

• Tite Street then and now

  
  { feuilleton } — Authority: 470
  This LIFE magazine photo of Oscar Wilde’s home at 34 Tite Street, Chelsea, is fascinating for Wilde aficionados in being a far more detailed view of the “House Beautiful” exterior than one ever finds in books about the writer. No information as to when it was taken but from the look of the print it was ...
  1 week ago

• The Weekend: Lights, camera, action

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 150
  The weekend is loaded with theatre, music and holiday lights. It should take your mind off all that holiday shopping and put a song in your heart.
  1 week ago

• Quotations: Ouch! Words that hurt!

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 138
  Humour or hurtful? We have heard many a time that the pen is mightier than the sword. These quotes illustrate that words can be more hurtful than any weapon. The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, “If you were my husband I’d give you poison.” He said, “If you were my wife, I’d drink ...
  1 week ago

• Wednesday Wordplay: from Bette Davis to Oscar Wilde

  
  Chicago Theater Blog — Authority: 136
  Inspirational Quotes This became a credo of mine…attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.             — Bette Davis There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen. ...
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• ‘I’m All In Favor of Keeping Dangerous Weapons out of the Hands of Fools. Let’s Start with Typewriters.” -Frank Lloyd Wright

  
  The Jailbreak — Authority: 562
  We’ve covered French illustrator, Stéphane Massa-Bidal (aka Hulk4598, or Rétrofuturs) twice previously , as his work has, and continues to, amaze. His first quote series saw Massa-Bidal take famous quips from history’s most eccentric individuals and place them on artsy collage prints. After directing his ...
  1 week ago

• Vanity

  
  bricolage — Authority: 124
  You must not find symbols in everything you see. It makes life impossible. --Oscar Wilde No bloody kidding. [photographs: Chrissie White; voscheveuxmagnifiques/tumblr; unidentified; all via we heart it ]
  2 weeks ago

• Quicky quote

  
  Mahmood's Den — Authority: 130
  I can resist anything but temptation.– Oscar Wilde
  2 weeks ago

• A person so useless even Aaron Sorkin can’t be bothered with him

  
  Jenny's Books — Authority: 119
  I know this is the second time I’ve mentioned Aaron Sorkin in the past few days, but that’s only because I’m rewarding myself for applying to grad school by letting myself watch episodes of Sports Night and The West Wing .  Anyway, I’m watching Sports Night and this is the dialogue that just went by: ...
  2 weeks ago

• Oscar Wilde, Salomé, 1907

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 155
  Oscar Wilde, Salomé . A tragedy in one act : Traslated from the french of Oscar Wilde, with sixteen Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. London and New-York, Lane, 1907, in-8, percaline verte illustrée des fers spéciaux de léditeur, tête dorée. Première édition anglaise illustré de dessins de Beardsley - ...
  2 weeks ago

• "I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

  
  Daily Cow — Authority: 163
  “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” - Oscar Wilde
  2 weeks ago

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