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Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination.
Oscar Wilde
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"Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination."
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Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination. — Oscar Wilde

About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was a Dramatist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1854–1900).

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Who said "Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They repres…"?
This quote is attributed to Oscar Wilde, a Dramatist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Oscar Wilde lived from 1854 – 1900.
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