Oscar Wilde: No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease t — Oscar Wilde

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

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