Oscar Wilde quote: All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to ...

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.

~ Oscar Wilde ~

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