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Walter Pater (1839-94), a don at Oxford when Wilde attended is credited with introducing the philosophy of “art for art’s sake” to our Oscar. Through him, Wilde met Robbie Ross, a Canadian, who introduced Wilde to “the love that dare not speak its name.” In advance of the Impressionists, Pater espoused, “Say not what is, but what it makes you see — or feel.
