Ocupation: Writer
Life: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
Birthday: October 16
Death: November 30
That very concentration of vision and intensity of purpose which is the characteristic of the artistic temperament is in itself a mode of limitation. To those who are preoccupied with the beauty of form nothing else seems of much importance.
source: Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.947, Wordsworth Editions
topic: Vision, Purpose, Artistic, Artistic Temperament