IntentionsOscar Wilde Cyril (coming in through the open window from the terrace): My dear Vivian, don't coop yourself up all day in the library. It is a perfectly lovely afternoon. The air is exquisite. There is a mist upon the woods, like the purple bloom upon a plum. Let us go and lie on the grass and smoke cigarettes and enjoy Nature. Vivian: Enjoy Nature! I am glad to say that I have entirely lost that faculty. People tell us that Art makes us love Nature more than we loved her before; that it reveals her secrets to us; and that after a careful study of Corot and Constable we see things in her that had escaped our observation. My own experience is that the more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary

Media	Boeken Paperback Book (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug)
Vrijgegeven	17 maart 2020
ISBN13	9781678020446
Uitgevers	Lulu.com
Pagina's	112
Afmetingen	152 × 229 × 6 mm · 176 g
Taal en grammatica	Engels

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