“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

“I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

“nothing that is worth knowing can be taught”

“We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.All art is quite useless.”

“Lord AUGUSTUS:(looking around) Time to educate yourself, I suppose.DUMBY: No, time to forget all I have learned. That is much more important.”

“You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.”

“Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.All art is quite useless.”