The English Renaissance of Art, by Oscar Wilde, Part 1
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The Spirit of Art Is the Essence of the Transcendental Spirit
The artist can accept no sphere of life in exchange for life itself. He is indeed the only true realist. Symbolism, which is the essence of the transcendental spirit, is alien to him. It is in cheats that the artistic spirit of this century first found its absolute incarnation.
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