Art Quote by John Walford

Art is based on a strong sentiment of religion,--on a profound and mighty earnestness; hence it is so prone to co-operate with religion.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art is so often better at theology than theology is.

— Christian Wiman

In God's world the individual counts. Therefore, Christian art should deal with the individual.

— Francis Schaeffer

As evangelical Christians we have tended to relegate art to the very fringe of life. The rest of human life we feel is more…

— Francis Schaeffer

God must not engage in theology. The writer must not destroy by human reasonings the faith that art requires of us.

— Jorge Luis Borges

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

Christians who enjoy and support art and culture, who make it a priority in their lives, and who reach out to those in the…

— Eric Metaxas

One of the primary services the arts can render to theology is their integrative power, their ability to interrelate the intellect with the other…

— Jeremy Begbie

“The definition of Christian art is to be found in its subject and its spirit. Everything, sacred and profane, belongs to it. God does…

— Jacques Maritain

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

— Alain de Botton

Art cannot be used to show the validity of Christianity; it should rather be the reverse.

— Hans Rookmaaker

The arts are not simply skills: their concern is the intellectual, ethical, and spiritual maturity of human life. And in a time when religious…

— Robert Shaw