Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Quote by Gilbert K Chesterton

Topics: Art Quotes, Artists Quotes

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then...

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then...

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may...

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may...

New roads; new ruts.

New roads; new ruts.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is...

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is...

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing...

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had...

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had...

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very...

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very...

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that...

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that...

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over......

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over......

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all...

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all...

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up....

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.