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Quote by G.K. Chesterton
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every pictu

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. – G.K. Chesterton

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What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon. – G.K. Chesterton

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A picture is a poem without words. – Horace

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What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! – Anatole France

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