Oscar Wilde. The Picture Of Dorian Gray (№ 861)

Ordinary people waited till that life itself had disclosed to them its secrets, but few chosen ones the secrets of life revealed before the veil was drawn. Sometimes this is facilitated by the arts (and primarily literature), acting directly on the mind and senses. But it happens that the role of art assumes in this case a man complex of the soul, which itself is a work of art - because Life, like poetry, or sculpture, or painting, also creating their masterpieces.