A Quote by Oscar Wilde

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Oscar Wilde

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Art Far Imitates Less Life May More None Seem Than Though True

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Oscar Wilde
Irish - Poet
October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Oscar Wilde

I feel like life imitates art, or art imitates life. I always take on roles that I'm passionate about.

Tia Mowry

"Art Imitates life," of course, is that phrase by Oscar Wilde. I called that song "Art Imitates Life" because Oh No was in the studio and he actually came up with that hook. When I was trying to figure out a name for the record, it just kind of made sense.

Talib Kweli

Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements.

Bruce Willis

It's very interesting how life imitates art, and art imitates life; I find, whenever I read scenes of some magnitude, I'm like, 'Oh, I feel like I've experienced this,' or 'I am experiencing this,' or 'I might start to experience it soon.'

Katherine Moennig

I feel like art imitates life and life imitates art.

Tia Mowry

Art imitates life. Life imitates high school.

Brad Holland

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.

Ani DiFranco

Life imitates art -- but badly.

Edward Abbey

Sometimes art imitates life.

Michael Douglas

It is, in fact, safe to assume that, more often than not, life imitates craft, for who among us can say that our experience does not more closely resemble a macramé plant holder than it does a painting by Seurat. When it comes to art, life is the biggest copycat in the matter of the frame.