Oscar Wilde Quotes About Work

• I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Work, Book

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.3, Courier Corporation

• Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Fashion

  Oscar Wilde “The Picture of Dorian Gray - and more”, Eighty Pence Books

• Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Witty, Work

  Quoted in Frank Harris, Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions (1916)

• A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Work, Unique

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.270, University of Chicago Press

• I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Business, Work

  "Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde".

• Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

  Oscar Wilde

  Work, Failure, Ambition

  "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

• The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Jobs

• Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece?

  Oscar Wilde

  Work, Writing, Masterpiece

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.123, Courier Corporation

• To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.

  Oscar Wilde

  Work, Toil, Bitter

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.364, GENERAL PRESS

• There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.

  Oscar Wilde

  Work, Men, Numbers

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.437, University of Chicago Press

• When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Confused, Work

• It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Work, Government

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.810, GENERAL PRESS

• He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don't call that leading an idle life, do you?

  Oscar Wilde

  Morning, Work, Night

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.594, Wordsworth Editions

• Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Positive, Witty

• Punctuality is the thief of time

  Oscar Wilde

  Time, Work, Lying

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.222, Wordsworth Editions

• One must have some sort of occupation nowadays. If I hadn't my debts I shouldn't have anything to think about.

  Oscar Wilde

  Business, Work, Thinking

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