Friday, October 22, 2010

Quote Of The Day/Oct.22, 2010

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

2 comments:

mud_rake said...

Odd quote, truly bizarre. Does Chesterton believe that the written word conveys more meaning, more beauty to the beholder?

microdot said...

Well, I feel the quote is about the context of what makes something true art.
It is how you frame it, whether it be a paragraph or a picture...the details and the presentation, the esthetic choicees define the art.
Chesterton was a real conservative actually and a fervent English Roman Catholic, but he was a great artist as a writer and I enjoy his work which never seems to age....