Art Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art rests on a kind of religious sense, on a deep, steadfast earnestness; and on this account it unites so readily with religion.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art is the pure realization of religious feeling, capacity for faith, longing for God. ... The ability to believe is our outstanding quality, and…

— Gerhard Richter

Art is the expression of the conviction that we can have a rational relationship with the world and each other. It isn't the faith…

— Edward Bond

In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion.

— Alain de Botton

When religion becomes artificial, art has a duty to rescue it. Art can show that the symbols which religions would have us believe literally…

— Richard Wagner

The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become my religion…

— Francois Pinault

real art is religion, a search for the beauty of God deep in all things.

— Emily Carr

Art, like religion, arises from the spirit, but alas, the formalizing of spiritual life all too often ends in hypocrisy.

— Michael Leunig

Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.

— Meher Baba

Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art is not a substitute religion: it is a religion (in the true sense of the word: 'binding back', 'binding' to the unknowable, transcending…

— Gerhard Richter

For me, art is a more trustworthy expression of God than religion.

— Rosanne Cash