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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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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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In a world flagrant with the failures of civilization, what is there particularly immortal about our own? – G.K. Chesterton

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Failure
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I choose films for their artistic value. I dont need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I wont take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art. – Brad Renfro

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Kinkades paintings are worthless schmaltz, and the lamestream media that love him are wrong. However, Id love to see a museum mount a small show of Kinkades work. I would like the art world and the wider world to argue about him in public, out in the open. – Jerry Saltz

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Errors are not in the art but in the artificers. – Isaac Newton

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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. – Benjamin Disraeli

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