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

G.K. Chesterton

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Art

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

Illustrated London Times

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "Our Note Book." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 34, Ignatius Press, 1991. Originally published by Illustrated London Times, 5 May 1928.

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Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

Havelock Ellis

The Dance of Life

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Topic
Dancing

Author

Havelock Ellis
Source
The Dance of Life
Language
English
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ellis, Havelock. The Dance of Life. Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1923, ch. 2.

Another quote about Art

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

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Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.