“All bad art is the result of good intentions.”

“A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.”

“It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting”

“For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it.”

“All art is quite useless.”

“The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.”

“Your rank and wealth, Harry; my brains, such as they are—my art, whatever it may be worth; Dorian Gray’s good looks—we shall all suffer for what the gods have given us, suffer terribly.”