Oscar Wilde

From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician.

Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Preface

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Spoken by Dorian Gray

I never talk during music – at least, during good music. If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it in conversation.

Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chapter 4

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Spoken by Lady Henry

I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.

Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chapter 4

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Spoken by Gilbert

Music is the perfect type of art. Music can never reveal its ultimate secret.

Oscar Wilde'The Critic as Artist', Intentions (1891), Part I

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Spoken by Algernon

You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk.

Oscar WildeThe Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Act I

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