Oscar WildeTo call an artist morbid because he deals with morbidity as his subject-matter is as silly as if one called Shakespeare mad because he wrote ‘King Lear.
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To call an artist morbid because he deals with morbidity as his subject-matter is as silly as if one called Shakespeare mad because he wrote ‘King Lear.’ There are many more things that can be said about Shakespeare than his writing on madness. For example, despite Shakespeare’s preference for high-life drama, he was also a great playwright of comedies and tragedies. He was also an excellent lyricist, which is unsurprising since poetry had always been his favorite art form.
Source: The Soul Of Man Under Socialism
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