“The artistic formulae wear thin quickly and yet daily the artist - when developing his own foundation - must enter his own time and the problems of other contemporary artists. Paths cross and the soil of time is starting to be turned.” ProblemArtistPathCrossesFoundationStartingContemporaryArtisticDevelopingSoil Book:Asger Jorn Source: Asger Jorn
“It took time for the church to come to terms with the ignominy of the cross. Church fathers forbade its depiction in art until the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine.... Now, though, the symbol is everywhere: artists beat gold into the shape of the Roman execution device, baseball players cross themselves before batting, and cancy confectioners even make chocolate crosses for the faithful to eat during Holy Week. Strange as it may seem, Christianity has become a religion of the cross--the gallows, the electric chair, the gas chamber, in modern terms.” MayArtSeemsArtistFatherTermChurchChristianityPlayerWeekModernStrangeHolyShapesBeatsCrossesGoldBaseballSymbolsFaithfulGasChairsDevicesChocolateExecutionElectricReignChamberEmperorBaseball PlayerBattingDepictionGallowsConstantineGas ChambersElectric ChairChurch FathersIgnominyRoman EmperorHoly WeekEmperor Constantine Author:Philip Yancey
“The transition from painter to artist comes when you cross the line of painting what you see to painting what you feel about what you see.” FeelsArtistLinesPaintingCrossesProfessionPainterTransition Author:T. Allen Lawson
“I'm a fine artist working in a commercial arena, so that's my cross to bear” ArtistFineBearsCrossesArenaFine ArtsFine ArtistsCrosses To Bear Author:Joni Mitchell