Oscar Wilde. The Picture Of Dorian Gray (№ 860)

Of all the artists I knew, only the incompetent were charming people. Good artists exist therefore in themselves quite interesting. The great poet - truly great - is always the most prosaic person. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating. The weaker poems, the more effective the appearance and manners. If the person has released a collection of bad sonnets, you can say that he is completely irresistible. He lives the poetry that he cannot write in his poems. And the poets of another kind poured out on paper poetry, which do not have the courage to bring to life.