“Repetita iuvant. Italy, a land of great saints, poets, sailors, artists, statesmen, businessmen, lawyers, intellectuals, professors, journalists, whores, gangsters, religious parasites and dickheads.” ArtistReligiousLandPoetSaintLawyerJournalistProfessorsBusinessmanSailorStatesmenGangstersParasites Author:William C. Brown
“When a child who has been conceived in love is born to a man and a woman, the joy of that birth sings throughout the universe. The joy of writing or painting is much the same, and the insemination comes not from the artist himself but from his relationship with those he loves, with the whole world. All real art is, in its true sense, religious; it is a religious impulse; there is not such thing as a non-religious subject.” MenWorldWritingChildrenHas BeensArtRealWholeJoyArtistUniverseBornReligiousLove IsSubjectsPaintingBirthArt IsWhole WorldImpulseNon Religious Author:Madeleine L'Engle
“If professional religious leaders can [no longer] instruct..., our artists and creative writers can perhaps step into this priestly role and bring fresh insight to our lost and damaged world.” IfsWorldArtistLostReligiousLeaderStepsRolesCreativeInsightReligious LeadersCreative Writers Book:A Short History Of Myth Source: A Short History Of Myth
“The highest art is always the most religious; and the greatest artist is always a devout man. A scoffing Raphael or Michael Angelo is not conceivable.” MenArtArtistReligiousHighestArt IsRaphaelScoffingMichael Angelo Book:On beauty: three discourses delivered in the University of Edinburgh Source: On beauty: three discourses delivered in the University of Edinburgh