Oscar Wilde
      
            1854–1900
      
            Autograph letter signed, London, to Bernulf Clegg, [1891]. 4 p.
MA 7258.10
      
            Gift of Lucia Moreira Salles, 2008
Transcription
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16, Tite Street,
Chelsea. S.W.
My dear Sir
Art is useless because its aim is simply to create a mood. It is not meant to instruct, or to influence action in any way. It is superbly sterile, and