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Quote by Oscar Wilde

“Create yourself. Be yourself your poem.”

Work

This book features a compilation of Oscar Wilde's concise, clever, and often cutting epigrams, showcasing his sharp wit and social commentary. more

Author

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde, born on October 16, 1854, in Ireland, and died on November 30, 1900, was a renowned Irish writer, playwright, and poet. His works are known for their wit, satire, and unique style, with notable works including 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'Lady Windermere's Fan'. more

“It is not only my dreams, my belief is that all these dreams are yours as well. The only distinction between me and you is that I can articulate them. And that is what poetry or painting or literature or filmmaking is all about... and it is my duty because this might be the inner chronicle of what we are. We have to articulate ourselves, otherwise we would be cows in the field.”

Wells I Can Dream Might Would Be Literature Belief Fields Painting Duty Distinction Cows Filmmaking Chronicles

Author:Werner Herzog

“There are no events but thoughts and the heart's hard turning, the heart's slow learning where to love and whom. The rest is merely gossip, and tales for other times.”

Heart Hard Events Tales Gossip

Book:Holy the Firm

Source: Holy the Firm

“I don't want to be expected to fall in passively someone else's plans for me. That's what I don't want. I don't want it assumed that I simply don't have any personal goals or wishes of my own. Or any basic competence of my own. That's what I don't want!”

Want Fall Wish Goal My Own Plans Expected Competence Personal Goal

Book:Reunion

Source: Reunion

“Why were there no buoys in life to show you the way?”