From 607b15aad7e54f797cb2691f8a741ac230fecfc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stevan Little Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:31:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Adding in my choice of epigraph to epigraph.pod --- Porting/epigraphs.pod | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod index 224435b..30c8eeb 100644 --- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod +++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod @@ -17,6 +17,26 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details. =head1 EPIGRAPHS +=head2 v5.15.3 - Oscar Wilde, All Art is Quite Useless + + All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath + the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol + do so at their peril. + + It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. + Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the + work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the + artist is in accord with himself. + + We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as + he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless + thing is that one admires it intensely. + + All art is quite useless. + + -- Oscar Wilde, From the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray + + =head2 v5.15.2 - Rainer Maria Rilke, The Third Duina Elegy L