To call an artist morbid because he deals with morbidity as his subject-matter is as silly as if one called Shakespeare mad because he wrote ‘King Lear.’
仅因艺术家以病态为题材便称他病态,就如同因为莎士比亚写了《李尔王》便称他疯狂一样愚蠢。
— Oscar Wilde · The Soul of Man —
To call an artist morbid because he deals with morbidity as his subject-matter is as silly as if one called Shakespeare mad because he wrote ‘King Lear.’
仅因艺术家以病态为题材便称他病态,就如同因为莎士比亚写了《李尔王》便称他疯狂一样愚蠢。