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The Soul of Man Under Socialism Quotes

They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist.

Source:(ed. A. L. Humphreys, 1912), Page 52
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Oscar Wilde (The Soul of Man Under Socialism Quotes)
  • Book: The Soul of Man Under Socialism
  • Writer: Oscar Wilde
  • Genre: Essays, Philosophy
  • Published: 1891
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