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  2. Life imitating art - Wikipedia

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    The idea of life imitating art is a philosophical position or observation about how real behaviors or real events sometimes (or even commonly) resemble, or feel inspired by, works of fiction and art. This can include how people act in such a way as to imitate fictional portrayals or concepts, or how they embody or bring to life certain artistic ...

  3. The Decay of Lying - Wikipedia

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    Art never expresses anything but itself. All bad art comes from returning to Life and Nature, and elevating them into ideals. Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life. It follows as a corollary that external Nature also imitates Art. Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.

  4. The Critic as Artist - Wikipedia

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    The soul is wiser than we are, writes Wilde, it is the concentrated racial experience revealed by the imagination. Criticism is above reason, sincerity and fairness; it is necessarily subjective. It is increasingly more to criticism than to creation that future belongs as its subject matter and the need to impose form on chaos constantly increases.

  5. ‘Welcome to the O.C.’ Book’s Biggest Bombshells: Mischa ...

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    During season 2, she admitted to being jealous of Brody’s character hooking up with Wilde, who joined as Alex. ... “Sometimes life imitates art,” Bilson said. “We were always friends and ...

  6. Decadent movement - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] It was Oscar Wilde who perhaps laid this out most clearly in The Decay of Lying with the suggestion of three doctrines on art, here excerpted into a list: "Art never expresses anything but itself." "All bad art comes from returning to Life and Nature, and elevating them into ideals." "Life imitates Art far more than Art ...

  7. Oscar Wilde - Wikipedia

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    The first more or less objective biography of Wilde came about when Hesketh Pearson wrote Oscar Wilde: His Life and Wit (1946). [251] In 1954 Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland published his memoir Son of Oscar Wilde, which recounts the difficulties Wilde's wife and children faced after his imprisonment. [252] It was revised and updated by Merlin ...

  8. The Soul of Man Under Socialism - Wikipedia

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    "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde in which he expounds a libertarian socialist worldview and a critique of charity. [1] The writing of "The Soul of Man" followed Wilde's conversion to anarchist philosophy, following his reading of the works of Peter Kropotkin. [2]

  9. The Overdue, Under-Told Story Of The Clitoris

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.