Oscar Wilde, letter to Frank Harris, June 13, 1897, in The Letters of Oscar Wilde (1962) p. 608.
Criticism
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“I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers.”
Quoted in George Jean Nathan The World of George Jean Nathan (1952) p. 252.
Oscar Wilde, letter to More Adey, May 12, 1897, quoted in Hugh Kingsmill Frank Harris (1932) p. 102.
Criticism
“Happiness is not essential to the artist; happiness never creates anything but memories.”
Oscar Wilde ([1916] 1997) ch. 21, p. 254.
“Christ goes deeper than I do, but I have had a wider experience.”
Hugh Kingsmill Frank Harris (1932) p. 164.
Bernard Shaw (1931) p. 191.
“Strong men are made by opposition; like kites they go up against the wind.”
Oscar Wilde ([1916] 1997) ch. 6, p. 59.
“Casanova! My dear man, Casanova is not worthy to untie my bootstrings!”
A. I. Tobin and Elmer Gertz Frank Harris: A Study in Black and White (1931) p. 324.