Quote the Raven Nevermore: Oscar Wilde, on beauty

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Oscar Wilde, on beauty

"Beauty is a form of genius—is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon." —Oscar Wilde Sign in to see full entry.

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