Art Quote by Susan Sarandon

Even when the faith goes away, there's that space where you crave something bigger than yourself. For me, that's kind of where art came…

— George Saunders

It’s one of my loose theories that Catholicism and art have gone well together because both believe in the physical manifestation of the spiritual…

— Kiki Smith

“I suddenly knew that religion, God - something beyond everyday life - was there to be found, provided one is really willing. And I…

— Dodie Smith

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

People are looking for a way in which their spiritual life can be deepened. They are finding it in some of our Catholic parishes…

— Blase J. Cupich

Catholicism is the big house of Christianity. It's got many, many rooms in it. And I've always been attracted to the rooms which are…

— Kevin Hart

Anyone who really studies Catholicism deeply is aware of the mystical nature of our faith. Even references to Christ's mystical body has connections to…

— Dennis Kucinich

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

I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of…

— Kathy Mattea

“We have lived for too long with the arts as the pretty bit around the edge with the reality as a non-artistic thing in…

— N.T. Wright

That's the thing about a folk tale: It is always addressing incredibly key issues about how you should live and what the right thing…

— Benh Zeitlin

Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that experience, to offer it to, in…

— Salman Rushdie