| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 64283 |
| QUOTATION: | The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Oscar Wilde (18541900), Anglo-Irish playwright, author. letter, Aug. 16, 1890, to the editor of the Scots Observer.
In answer to criticisms leveled at Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Wilde Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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