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

—G. K. Chesterton

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About G. K. Chesterton

Portrait of G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English journalist, novelist, essayist, poet, and Christian apologist. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature.

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Your next-door neighbor… is not a man; he is an environment. He is the barking of a dog; he is the noise of a pianola; he is a dispute about a party wall; he is drains that are worse than yours, or roses that are better than yours.

—G. K. Chesterton

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Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

—G. K. Chesterton

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

—G. K. Chesterton

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Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

—G. K. Chesterton

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He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical.

—G. K. Chesterton

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A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

—Joshua Reynolds

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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

—Salvador Dali

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Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

—Lionel Trilling

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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

—Dr. Joyce Brothers

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Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

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