There is a famous anecdote concerning painter James McNeil Whistler and Oscar Wilde.
After a particularly witty remark by Whistler, Wilde said: “I wish I had said that.”
“You will, Oscar, you will” replied Whistler.
Here, in this little quote, we have one of the reasons why quotes are so often used. They can serve to make some point more succinctly or, perhaps, with more force or more wit than we are able to do with our own laboured prose. Not that Oscar Wi…
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