A few of Oscar Wilde's thoughts on poetry and writing:
"All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic."
"The work that seems to us the most natural and simple product of its time is probably the result of the most deliberate and self-conscious effort."
"A poet can survive everything but a misprint."
"Even prophets correct their proofs."
"No age borrows the slang of its predecessor."
"Everyone should keep someone else's diary."
from The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde by Ralph Keys
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