“Put crudely, one is left with a choice between two unsatisfactory combinations: artistic integrity married to spiritual compromise; and spiritual integrity married to artistic banality-or, worse, art compromised on both counts. Neither one will satisfy those who recognize the fundamental necessity of integrity in both faith and art.” ArtTwoSpiritualChoicesCultureLeftChristianityIntegrityMarriedFundamentalsCompromiseArtisticCombinationBanalityArtistic IntegritySpiritual Integrity Author:John Walford
“The cumulative effect of the Romantic theory of creativity, as played out in the context of belief in the virtue of the avant-garde, is that while the art world has effectively freed itself from the tyranny of artistic tradition and its historic patronage system, it has ended up inhabiting an autonomous but perceived irrelevance.” WorldArtCultureBeliefChristianityCreativityVirtueEffectsTheoryTraditionTyrannyArtisticHistoricArt WorldAvant GardeAutonomousCumulativePatronageIrrelevance Author:John Walford
“Narcissism and Christianity have little in common, yet the Romantic paradigm of artistic creativity, particularly in light of subsequent Freudian ideas, has tended to foster its share of narcissism. It was the tragic fate of Narcissus that he was so preoccupied with self that he could not appreciate God, nature, or the other.” LittlesIdeasSelfLightCultureCommonChristianityCreativityFateShareAppreciateArtisticTragicNarcissismParadigmNarcissusArtistic CreativityGod NatureTragic Fate Author:John Walford
“Atrocities are now shown in 30-second bites. Hardcore artistic horror is an expression of hating your neighbour. The gruesome imagination feeds on vanity, lust, self-indulgence and despair, rather than the hope of the Holy Spirit. The Body of Christ needs to look and repent of our own fallenness.... Whatever arena Christians withdraw from goes to hell.” NeedsLooksSelfBodyChristianSpiritHateCultureChristImaginationChristianityHellExpressionHolyHorrorDespairLustVanityArtisticHoly SpiritBitesHate YouArenaRepentIndulgenceNeighbourAtrocitiesHardcoreSelf IndulgenceBody Of Christ Author:Calvin Seerveld
“Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and artistic achievement, qualities which seemed to impress Jesus not at all.” WorldCultureJesusWealthQualityModernThis WorldHonorSkillsAchievementRewardsArtisticWinnerLoserImpressAthleticModern Culture Author:Philip Yancey
“The reverse process is extremely important to me - that artistic images can inspire to words and different myths, and that in certain cultures this process has been the normal relation between images and words.” Has BeensImportantDifferentCertainCultureProcessInspireNormalRelationMythArtisticReverse Author:Asger Jorn
“I'm convinced that in a healthy society, artistic norms should be constantly under question which is not of course, to deny the need for continuity.” NeedsShouldCultureCoursesHealthyDenyConvincedArtisticNormContinuityHealthy Society Author:Earle Brown
“Every age has its storytelling form, and video gaming is a huge part of our culture. You can ignore or embrace video games and imbue them with the best artistic quality. People are enthralled with video games in the same way as other people love the cinema or theatre.” PeopleWayAgeFormCultureGamesQualityHugeEmbraceTheatreVideoStorytellingArtisticCinemaGamingComputer GamesBest Artist Author:Andy Serkis
“In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists. Now they sit still and permit professionals to entertain them by the aid of machinery. It is difficult to believe that general artistic culture can flourish in this atmosphere of passivity.” MenWayBelieveStillsWantedArtistCultureDifficultMen And WomenHumbleAidsArtisticAtmospherePermitCompelledMachineryPassivity Book:Complete Essays: 1930-1935 Source: Complete Essays: 1930-1935
“A relatively primitive village in which there are still real feasts, common artistic shared expressions, and no literacy at all is more advanced culturally and more healthy mentally than our educated, newspaper-reading radio-listening culture.” StillsRealCultureReadingCommonExpressionListeningHealthyRadioNewspapersEducatedArtisticVillagePrimitiveLiteracy Book:The Sane Society Source: The Sane Society
“What if it turns out there really are witches and vampires and werewolves living right here alongside us? After all, what better disguise could there be than to get your image enshrined in the culture of the mass media? Anything that's described in artistic terms and shown in the movies stops being frightening and mysterious. For real horror you need the spoken word, you need an old grandpa sitting on a bench, scaring the grandkids in the evening.” IfsNeedsRealTurnsCultureTermMediaHorrorMassSittingMysteriousVampireEveningArtisticWhat IfWitchFrighteningDisguiseBenchesWerewolfGrandpaSpoken WordMass MediaGrandkidsLiving Right Author:Sergei Lukyanenko
“The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing, dancing, singing. The creation of art is still an everyday part of Indian culture, unlike the dominant culture, where art is sort of peripheral.” ArtStillsKidsCultureCreationPaintingHigherSingingArt IsDancingEverydayPopulationDrawingArtisticIndianDominantPercentagesIndian CultureDominant Culture Author:Sherman Alexie
“When I started Dylan's Candy Bar in 2001, I wanted it to be a place that merged my love of pop culture, fashion, art and music with candy. Since then, we have been fortunate to pioneer artistic partnerships with many legends.” Has BeensArtWantedCultureFashionPopsBarsArtisticFortunateLegendsPartnershipCandyDylanPop CulturePioneersArt And MusicCandy Bar Author:Dylan Lauren
“One of life's intriguing paradoxes is that hierarchical social order makes cheap rents and outré artists' colonies possible. Raffish bohemian neighborhoods flourished in the days of racial segregation; under integration the artistic poor have no safe places in which to create.... If America lacks a vigorous culture it is partly because studios and ateliers have become crack houses.” IfsAmericaArtistOrderCultureHouseSocialPoorSafeStudiosArtisticNeighborhoodParadoxCracksIntegrationSegregationVigorousIntriguingColonySocial OrderBohemianSafe PlacesRacial Segregation Author:Florence King