G.K. Chesterton on art and freedom…

“Anarchism adjures us to be bold creative artists, and care for no laws or limits. But it is impossible to be an artist and not care for laws and limits.  Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame. If you draw a giraffe you must draw him with long neck.  If, in your bold creative way, you hold yourself free to draw a giraffe with a short neck, you will really find that you are not free to draw a giraffe.”
–G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1908
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