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Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

“Great art transcends its culture and touches on that which is eternal.”

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American writer, born on November 29, 1918, and died on September 6, 2007. Madeleine L'Engle is renowned for her science fiction and fantasy novels, with her most famous work being 'A Wrinkle in Time'. more

“When we look at a painting, or hear a symphony, or read a book, and feel more Named, then, for us, that work is a work of Christian art. But to look at a work of art and then to make a judgment as to whether or not it is art, and whether or not it is Christian, is presumptuous. It is something we cannot know in any conclusive way. We can know only if it speaks within our own hearts, and leads us to living more deeply with Christ in God.”

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Book:Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

Source: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

“I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because all together they help me to be fully alive on this journey, and show me that I must be willing to go where it takes me, even through the valley of the shadow.”

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Author:Madeleine L'Engle

“The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.”

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Author:Pierre de Coubertin

“The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.”

Believe Lying Understanding Wonder Worth Living

Author:Madeleine L'Engle

“When the artist is truly the servant of the work, the work is better than the artist; Shakespeare knew how to listen to his work, and so he often wrote better than he could write; Bach composed more deeply, more truly than he knew, Rembrandt's brush put more of the human spirit on canvas than Rembrandt could comprehend. When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.”

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Author:Madeleine L'Engle

“You have to write the book that wants to be written.”

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Author:Madeleine L'Engle

“There is no way that you can read the entire Bible seriously and take every word literally. Contradictions start in the first chapter of Genesis. There are two Creation stories, two stories of the making of Adam and Eve. And that is all right. The Bible is still true.”

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Author:Madeleine L'Engle

“Remember the root word of humble and human is the same: humus: earth. We are dust. We are created; it is God who made us and not we ourselves. But we were made to be co-creators with our maker.”

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Book:Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

Source: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

“Words are like spices. Too many is worse than too few.”

Words Spices Few Words Wise Women

Book:The Last Slice of Rainbow: And Other Stories

Source: The Last Slice of Rainbow: And Other Stories

“Why do we want to have alternate worlds? It's a way of making progress. You have to imagine something before you do it.”

World Way Want Imagine Progress

Author:Joan Aiken

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