 we artists' do not always hit what we aim at, and despite his confident claim to unerring artistic marksmanship, one must hazard the opinion, that in this case Mr Wilde has 'shot wide.' There is indeed more of 'poison' than of 'perfection' in Dorian Gray....  Punch - Page 271890Full view - About this book
 | Karl Beckson - Drama - 1997 - 454 pages
...you like, but you cannot deny that it is also perfect, and perfection is what we artists aim at.'1 Perhaps; but 'we artists' do not always hit what we...hyperdecorative manner of 'Mademoiselle de Maupin,' and without Gautier's power has spoilt a promising conception by clumsy, unideal treatment. His 'decoration' (upon... | |
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