Quote of the Day

“Society exists only as a mental concept; In the real world, there are only individuals.”

• Oscar Wilde

"Wilde teased his readers with the claim that ‘life imitates art’ rather than the other way round. His point was a serious one: we notice London fogs, he argued, because art and literature has taught us to do so. Wilde, among others, 'performed' these maxims. He presented himself as the impeccably dressed and mannered dandy figure whose life was a work of art."