(?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)
Oscar Wilde

“Form is everything. It is the secret of life. Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you intensify its ecstasy. Do you wish to love? Use Love's Litany, and the words will create the yearning from which the world fancies that they spring. Have you a grief that corrodes your heart? Steep yourself in the language of grief, learn its utterance from Prince Hamlet and Queen Constance, and you will find that mere expression is a mode of consolation, and that Form, which is the birth of passion, is also the death of pain.”

Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
Read more quotes from Oscar Wilde


Share this quote:
Share on Twitter

Friends Who Liked This Quote

To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!


This Quote Is From

The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything (Green Integer) The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything by Oscar Wilde
1,441 ratings, average rating, 156 reviews
Open Preview

Browse By Tag