“ The honest man is to sit quietly, and know the delightful emotions of wonder, curiosity, and suspense. ”
Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891). copy citation
Author | Oscar Wilde |
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Source | The Soul of Man under Socialism |
Topic | curiosity emotions |
Date | 1891 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1017/1017-0.txt |
Context
“And so, in the drama, there may occur in the first act of the play something whose real artistic value may not be evident to the spectator till the third or fourth act is reached. Is the silly fellow to get angry and call out, and disturb the play, and annoy the artists? No. The honest man is to sit quietly, and know the delightful emotions of wonder, curiosity, and suspense. He is not to go to the play to lose a vulgar p. 67temper. He is to go to the play to realise an artistic temperament. He is to go to the play to gain an artistic temperament. He is not the arbiter of the work of art.”
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