Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to live with they are too clever, too assertive, too intellectual. Their meaning is too obvious, and their method too clearly defined. (Oscar Wilde)

Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to live with they are too clever, too assertive, too intellectual. Their meaning is too obvious, and their method too clearly defined.

Oscar Wilde

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