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> From: "Mark Bennett" <mab@straussandasher.com>
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> > I've been reading a great deal of Wilde recently, and I came across the
> > following passage in "The Critic As Artist"
> >
> > "Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being
> > large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot
> > conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions
> > other than those he has selected."
> >
> > I can scarcely imagine a pithier defense, if one is needed, for VN's
> > celebrated critical intolerance. Didn't Borges say that "the amazing
> thing
> > about Wilde is that he's always right", or something to that effect? I
> guess
> > it takes one to know one . . .
>
From: "L-Soft list server at UC Santa Barbara (1.8d)"
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> From: "Mark Bennett" <mab@straussandasher.com>
> >
> > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (12
> lines) ------------------
> > I've been reading a great deal of Wilde recently, and I came across the
> > following passage in "The Critic As Artist"
> >
> > "Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being
> > large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot
> > conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions
> > other than those he has selected."
> >
> > I can scarcely imagine a pithier defense, if one is needed, for VN's
> > celebrated critical intolerance. Didn't Borges say that "the amazing
> thing
> > about Wilde is that he's always right", or something to that effect? I
> guess
> > it takes one to know one . . .
>