Art Quote by Nan Goldin

The things that I look at include Renaissance art. I'm obsessed with churches and paintings of saints.

— Nan Goldin

I was brought up Catholic, and I felt the power of art from a very young age - seeing the brutality of all those…

— Damien Hirst

I've begun to recognize myself as a Catholic writer because my whole notion of the image, of symbol, of art and what it can…

— Joyelle McSweeney

My visual landscape as a child was the inside of a lot of these old churches. And the Baroque drama of the things was…

— Florence Welch

In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.

— Andres Serrano

I went to work for Catholics United for the Faith, and I basically found myself in the midst of the traditionalist branch of the…

— Regina Doman

I like churches and Catholic symbolism, and although the art at the Vatican is overwhelming to see, I appreciated it even as an atheist.

— Richard Herring

In my 20s, as I began to travel in Europe, I found comfort in religious paintings. Even though my own belief in Catholic dogma…

— Colm Toibin

My interest in art must have started with my Catholic upbringing. Art was everywhere: churches with its paintings, sculptures, stained glass, textiles, and fine…

— Cheech Marin

I'm a closet Catholic. I love the iconography of the saints. There was a point in my life when I was going to convert…

— Lynda Resnick

I was raised a good little Catholic. What's more theatrical than the ritual of the Catholic church?

— Chuck Panozzo

I'm not religious, but I've always been attracted to the rituals of religion; as a kid, Sunday church was the closest thing I had…

— Missy Mazzoli