Oscar Wilde Quotes

Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim.

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight.

Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.

I'm thankful for weird people out there 'cause they're some of the most creative people.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.

Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.

Artists walk alone.

I never liked to copy things that are out there. I always like to come up with something new, something different.

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

Creating is a lonely thing in a lot of ways.

I'm not writing non-fiction. I don't feel anything about me as a kid was unique. Except that I had more interest in being alone and using my imagination.

Oh, I was never a businessman. I was a visionary, a dreamer.

I dream for a living. Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie I want to make.

I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer. Come dream with me.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

Growing up, I didn't know any writers and felt somewhat isolated.

My creativity is an entity unto its own.

I'm not an activist. I'm a fantasist.

If you are a dreamer come in

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.