

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
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“I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.”
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“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
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“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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