Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde, having been born into an unconventional family, lived marjority of his life on stage (828). Wilde was an Aesthete, he forcefully expressed the beauty of art and nature with a great sensitivity. He admired the works of such artists by the names of John Ruskin and Walter Pater. As Ruskin announced that "all good art is moral art" (828), I too believe that Mr. Wilde believed the same thing. In his Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray, he feels that "The artist is the creator of beautiful things." (846) He makes it known that whatever an artist creates, will in fact be wonderful and only those who are willing to be open minded will appreciate such. He felt that "no artist desires to prove anything." (846) He appeared to be free spirited without feeling the need to take the blame for whatever thoughts or comments may come about from one of his masterpieces. This is totally understandable. The job of an artist is not to tell you what or how to feel. What is published is truly under the discretion of those who read and interrupt the material, they are liable for their own risk if they choose to go beneath the surface of a work to analyze it.