How little you can know of love if you say it mars your art! Without your art you are nothing.
– Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 7. Dorian’s dismissive and insensitive rejection of Sibyl is nothing short of abusive. Dorian believes that Sibyl’s art is essentially her, just as he believes his beauty is what makes him what he is. Sibyl is nothing more than a living artwork to him, an object of aesthetic value, not a human being. But she is of no value to him now that she can no longer act. This is the fuller quote: "You have spoiled the romance of my life. How little you can know of love, if you say it mars your art! Without your art, you are nothing. I would have made you famous, splendid, magnificent. The world would have worshipped you, and you would have borne my name. What are you now? A third-rate actress with a pretty face."