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The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral.

Source: Ernest, in The Critic as Artist, pt. 1 (published in Intentions, 1891).
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16 1856-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist; He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., The Importance of Being Ernest, 1895.

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