G. K. Chesterton on Love & Romance
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
G. K. Chesterton on Success
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
G. K. Chesterton on Poetry
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
G. K. Chesterton on Poetry
All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
G. K. Chesterton on Patriotism
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."
G. K. Chesterton on Money
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
G. K. Chesterton on Books
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
G. K. Chesterton on Art / Music
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
G. K. Chesterton on Art / Music
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
G. K. Chesterton on Advice
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.