“To the artist, the Book of Genesis is an account of six days in which God suggested some really good ideas.” BookIdeasArtistReligionSixAccountsGood IdeasGenesisBook Of Genesis Author:Robert Breault
“Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am a beautiful woman,' nevertheless seem to think it wholly within the bounds of good taste to announce that they are Christians!” ThinkingWorldPersonsSeemsChristianBeautifulArtistReligionTasteBoundsScholarNeverthelessGreat ArtBeautiful WomenGreat ArtistGood TasteAnnouncing Author:Georgia Harkness
“I always feel as if I stood naked for the fire of Almighty God to go through me--and it's rather an awful feeling. One has to be so terribly religious to be an artist.” IfsFeelsArtGodFeelingsArtistReligionReligiousFireNakedAwfulAlmightyAlmighty God Book:The Letters of D. H. Lawrence Source: The Letters of D. H. Lawrence
“If one believes philosophers, then what we call religion is only a deliberately popularized or an instinctively artless philosophy. Poets seem to consider religion rather as a variation of poetry which by misjudging its proper beautiful game takes itself too seriously and one-sidedly. Philosophy, however, admits and recognizes that it can begin and complete itself only with religion. Poetry seeks only to strive for the infinite and despises worldly utility and culture, which are the true antitheses of religion. Eternal peace among artists is thus not far away.” IfsBelievePhilosophySeemsBeautifulPoetryArtistReligionCultureGamesPoetEternalPhilosophicalInfiniteStrivePhilosopherDespiseFar AwayWorldlyUtilityVariationAntithesisEternal Peace Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.” ArtArtistReligionEconomicSpringEconomicsRootsStrangerReligion And Art Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne
“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.” PersonsArtArtistReligionReligiousHighestArt IsArchitectureGreat Artist Author:Abraham Lincoln
“God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.” SaidBodyArtistReligionNaturePhilosopherMotherhoodGods WillMysteriousGrandchildrenFalling Water Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much more gracefully than human beings really move. Films and books and plays show us people talking much more entertainingly than people really talk, make paltry human enterprises seem important. Singers and musicians show us human beings making sounds far more lovely than human beings really make. Architects give us temples in which something marvelous is obviously going on. Actually, practically nothing is going on.” PeopleGivingHumansImportantBookPlayUseShowsSeemsFilmMovingArtistReligionSoundHuman BeingsTalkingWonderfulAtheismMusicianSingersLovelyDancerEnterpriseTemplesFraudArchitectMarvelousPeople TalkingTalking Much Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Remember He is the artist and you are only the picture. You can't see it. So quietly submit to be painted---i.e., keep fulfilling all the obvious duties of your station (you really know quite well enough what they are!), asking forgiveness for each failure and then leaving it alone.You are in the right way. Walk---don't keep on looking at it.” KnowsWayWellsEnoughRememberArtistReligionWalksTrustDutyAskingLeavingObviousStationsSubmitFulfillingRight WayAsking For Forgiveness Author:C. S. Lewis