In "The Decay of Lying," Oscar Wilde establishes the idea that all bad art comes from copying nature and being realistic; and all great art comes from lying and deceiving, and telling beautiful, untrue things.
U "Ocvatu laganja," Oscar Wilde utvrđuje da sva loša umjetnost potječe od kopiranja prirode i realizma; dok sva velika umjetnost potječe od laganja i zavaravanja, izgovaranja lijepih, nestvarnih stvari.