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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Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. – G.K. Chesterton

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There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong. – G.K. Chesterton

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America
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You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world. – G.K. Chesterton

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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a mans name live for thousands of years. – Denis Diderot

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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. – Jackson Pollock

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Only an artist with a part of God in him can see beauty in the commonplaces of life. The rest merely mark time until they die. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Id like to introduce someone who has just come into my life. Ive admired him for 35 years. Hes someone who represents integrity, honesty, art, and on top of that stuff Im actually sleeping with him. – Shirley MacLaine

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There it is: it doesnt make any difference who we are or what we are, theres always somebody to look down on! somebody to hold in light esteem, somebody to be indifferent about. – Mark Twain

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Now Im an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. – Orson Welles

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Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone. – Elie Wiesel

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