Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. – Oscar Wilde The Model Millionaire
He had gone on the Stock Exchange for six months; but what was a butterfly to do among bulls and bears. – Oscar Wilde The Model Millionaire
There are moments when Art almost attains to the dignity of manual labour. – Oscar Wilde The Model Millionaire
‘Poor old chap! said Hughie, ‘how miserable he looks! But I suppose, to you painters, his face is his fortune.’ ‘Certainly,’ replied Trevor, ‘you don’t want a beggar to look happy, do you?’ – Oscar Wilde The Model Millionaire
The only people a painter should know…are people who are an artistic pleasure to look at and an intellectual repose to talk to. – Oscar Wilde The Model Millionaire