What Art really reveals to us is Nature’s lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition. VIVIAN: Enjoy Nature! I am glad to say that I have entirely lost that faculty…My own experience is that the more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. Let us go and lie on the grass and smoke cigarettes and enjoy Nature. The first part, “The Decay of Lying”, consists of a dialogue between Cyril and Vivian that takes place in “the Libarary of a country house in Nottinghamshire.” The dialogue begins with Cyril walking into the library and encouraging Vivian to go outside: For Wilde, all virtues are subservient to Art. Throughout each of the four parts, Wilde advocates for originality. The book is important Oscar Wilde is a genius. I will begin by suggesting you seek this out and read it. Intentions is a groudbreaking work of criticism, in four parts, by the inimitable Oscar Wilde.
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