Art Quote by Sean McMullen

“As far as I can see there is no conquering or exorcising the past with words - words born either of imagination or forthrightness.”

— Philip Roth

“There is no poetic art like praying.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Our crucifixes exhibit the pain, but they veil, perhaps necessarily, the obscenity: but the death of the God-Man was both.”

— Charles Williams

With 'The Exorcist,' a lot of things went into it. I hadn't seen the show until they asked me, and then I checked the…

— John Cho

“Religion decays, the icon remains; a narrative is forgotten, yet its representation still magnetizes.”

— Julian Barnes

For every shrill and violent voice that throws itself in front of microphones and cameras in the name of God, there are countless lives…

— Krista Tippett

Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic.

— David Copperfield

“Where there is prayer, the fallen spirits have no power.”

— Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

“The only two useful art forms are religion and stories.”

— Stephen King

“We have a belief that we need not believe in, no dogmas, no ritual, no mythology, no church, no priest, no holy book--what a…

— Frederick Franck

“The phenomenon of praying is beyond description.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

In our society many of the old rituals have lost much of their power. New ones have not arisen.

— R. D. Laing