Saturday, June 30, 2007


I have the simplest tastes.
I am always satisfied with
the best.
-Oscar Wilde
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5 comments:

Lowen said...

Usually, I understand the relationship between the image and the quote instantaneously. I don't with this one--but I love it anyway. Infact, to me, it's the most striking entry to grace Fingerpost yet.

Wow.

6/30/2007 11:30 AM
kyrieanna said...

how can you not see the relationship?

7/01/2007 4:40 PM
Anonymous said...

No, I see the relationship. I do. But I still think it's kind of nebulous. There's something sinister to me about the image in it's relation to the quote. She's got silk and expensive jewelry, but she's looking back like she wants more. Maybe she's not satisfied.

Was Wilde being self mocking and funny, or was he simply expressing that excellence--and only excellence--does and should satisfy? There is the idea in greek philosophy, for instance, that simplicity (perfect harmony)is the ultimate good. So then, the best is simple, and I'm with Oscar.

-Lowen

p.s. for some reason I can't post under my blogspot name.

7/01/2007 8:54 PM
JLW said...

I indentify with this qoute COMPLETELY! I try to shop "cheap" places, but I always pick the most expensive thing in the store because the reality is I HATE cheap! Last week, I went to TJ MAXX. 3 items caught my eye. When I looked at the price tags, YIKES! Pants $99, Shirt $149.99, Shoes $129.99. Needless to say I didn't buy them, but I didn't get anything else their either because I only wanted the best. :)

7/02/2007 1:30 PM
funke said...

Lowen, I'd say given Oscar Wilde's track record, that his words are edged with irony. That doesn't mean that they don't illustrate truth, just that Wilde usually delivered his witticisms in a way that made you squirm because you realized that you weren't laughing at "some other people"--you were laughing at yourself.

7/03/2007 10:25 AM

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