Taylor Macina - Outside Source 3

Outside Source: Oscar Wilde

I found another quote that I really enjoyed:

” No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”

-          Oscar Wilde

I found this to be really interesting because it follows the belief that art is simply a copy of a copy. When artists create objects of art they are unable to do so in a realistic sense because they incorporate their own emotions and feelings into the art piece. Therefore they do not actually present art in the way that it is in its purest form. This quote makes sense to me completely. When I think of an artist I think of someone who is incredibly creative and imaginative. If it was possible for artists to draw something just as it is then that would eliminate their creativity and imagination. Imagination would cease to exist and therefore so would the artist.