Art Quote by Madeleine L'Engle Download Open image “If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.” — Madeleine L'Engle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Ifs Matter Pious Religion Subjects
There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
All real art is, in its true sense, religious; it is a religious impulse; there is no such thing as a non-religious subject. But… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
The damnable thing about bad art is that the insincerity which lies at its roots is not perceived by the artist himself. — Quentin Bell Copy Share Image
Bad art might be defined as a series of bad choices about what to show and what to leave out. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“All real art is, in its true sense, is a religious impulse; there is no such thing as a non-religious subject. But much bad… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is not badness, it is the absence of goodness, which, in Art as in Life, is so depressing. — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
One thing about great art: it made you love people more, forgive them their petty transgressions. It worked in the way that religion was… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“One of the hardest lessons I have to learn is how not to be judgmental about people who are judgmental. When I see how… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Instead of rejoicing in this glorious “impossible” which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his mighty… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I have never lived before...Until this summer, I did not know what it was to be alive. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“IT was the most horrible, the most repellent thing she had ever seen, far more nauseating then anything she had ever imagined with her… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
