Most Americans ... have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne.
Gilbert K. ChestertonNone of the modern machines, none of the modern paraphernalia. . . have any power except over the people who choose to use them.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force, the thing becomes a pressure, and produces a definite pain, which is called the artistic temperament.
Gilbert K. Chesterton