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

What is Christian in art does not lie in the theme but in the spirit of it, in its wisdom and the understanding of reality it reflects.

Jesus didn't come to make us Christian. Jesus came to make us fully human.

Art is a form of play rejoicing before the face of God.

Art tries, literally, to picture the things which philosophy tries to put into carefully thought-out words.

Our world has changed for better or for worse. It is for us to find truth and beauty for today, constantly re-applying the truth of God's word to our own time and our contemporary situation.

Modern art did not just happen. It came as a result of a deep reversal of spiritual values in the Age of Reason, a movement that in the course of a little more than two centuries changed the world.

We do not know what we see, but we see what we know.

How can you say that modern art is ugly,when you worship the Lord in a building painted like this?

There’s nothing more insufferable than people who boast about their own humility

Violence is rather a strange phenomenon that can be compared to fire, once out of control it’s loyal to no one, not even to the person who started it.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.

It's not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.

Baby, when you were young and your heart was an open book, you used to say live and let live. You know you did, you know you did, you know you did.

I don't really miss God but I sure miss Santa Claus!

Al Gore has endorsed Howard Dean for president. That's pretty fitting, the guy that didn't beat Bush endorsing the guy who won't beat Bush.

Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness. Do not forget we need each other.

A critic is a virgin who would teach Don Juan how to make love.