tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633904073378886404.post5503871997559405898..comments2023-09-27T23:20:44.307+01:00Comments on Amanda Bates' Art Blog: Cotton Bags: Peacock, CommaAmanda Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16911674615433964697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633904073378886404.post-85006906432771391212012-06-18T22:24:48.023+01:002012-06-18T22:24:48.023+01:00Thank you, Beth. They're faintly useful, too, ...Thank you, Beth. They're faintly useful, too, which - by Oscar Wilde's definition* - makes them not art.<br /><br />*Wilde wrote, "All art is quite useless" in the <a href="http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/owilde/bl-owilde-pic-pre.htm" rel="nofollow">preface to <i>Dorian Gray</i></a>.Amanda Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911674615433964697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633904073378886404.post-38282093195579067652012-06-17T20:58:15.998+01:002012-06-17T20:58:15.998+01:00those are beautiful.those are beautiful.bethnoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383069246571134707noreply@blogger.com