"Art creates its incomparable unique effect, after which, having achieved it, it moves on to something else. And nature repeats this effect over and over, until it bores them all to the hilt. Nowadays, let's say, no one endowed with even rudiments of culture will make a speech about the beauty of the sunset. Sunsets have gone out of fashion. They were good in the old days, when Turner had the last word in painting.
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Oscar WildeAll Translations
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Art creates its incomparable unique effect, after which, having achieved it, it moves on to something else. And nature repeats this effect over and over, until it bores them all to the hilt. Nowadays, let's say, no one endowed with even rudiments of culture will make a speech about the beauty of the sunset. Sunsets have gone out of fashion. They were good in the old days, when Turner had the last word in painting.
""Arta își creează incomparabilul său efect unic, după care, obținându-l, trece la altceva. Iar natura repetă întruna acest efect, până îi va plictisi la culme pe toți. În zilele de astăzi, să zicem, nimeni dintre cei înzestrați măcar cu niște rudimente de cultură nu va ține un discurs despre frumusețea apusului de soare. Apusurile de soare s-au demodat. Ele au fost bune pe vremuri, când ultimul cuvânt în pictură îi avea Turner."