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Looking at art is one way of listening to God.


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A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom.

A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom.



All great art is a visual form of prayer.

All great art is a visual form of prayer.



There is no life without work, anxieties or tensions. Peace is not found in avoiding these but in understanding them and controlling their force.

There is no life without work, anxieties or tensions. Peace is not found in avoiding these but in understanding them and controlling their force.



We know great art by its effect on us. If we are prepared to look without preconceptions, without defenses, without haste, then art will change us.

We know great art by its effect on us. If we are prepared to look without preconceptions, without defenses, without haste, then art will change us.



You are not a saint because you keep the rules and are blameless; you are a saint if you live in the real world, going out and loving the real people God has put into your life.

You are not a saint because you keep the rules and are blameless; you are a saint if you live in the real world, going out and loving the real people God has put into your life.



The experiential test of whether this art is great or good, or minor or abysmal is the effect it has on your own sense of the world and of yourself. Great art changes you.

The experiential test of whether this art is great or good, or minor or abysmal is the effect it has on your own sense of the world and of yourself. Great art changes you.



Great art changes you.

Great art changes you.



Walking rapidly - or even slowly - through a gallery is equivalent to browsing through a bookstore and reading the blurbs.

Walking rapidly - or even slowly - through a gallery is equivalent to browsing through a bookstore and reading the blurbs.



A work of art is great to the extent that to encounter it is to be changed.

A work of art is great to the extent that to encounter it is to be changed.



Prejudice is always dangerous.

Prejudice is always dangerous.





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I find it quite incredible how much peace and quiet a person actually needs in order to devote himself entirely to his thoughts.

I find it quite incredible how much peace and quiet a person actually needs in order to devote himself entirely to his thoughts.



The definition of a Racist is anybody winning an argument with a liberal.

The definition of a Racist is anybody winning an argument with a liberal.



Gossip is a very dangerous tool. We should be more wary of the gossiper, and not the gossip they're trying to relay to you.

Gossip is a very dangerous tool. We should be more wary of the gossiper, and not the gossip they're trying to relay to you.



It's very easy to get caught up in - there's a hype going on now that I haven't seen in years, and it's actually more about press than it is about an actor's work or what films they've been in.

It's very easy to get caught up in - there's a hype going on now that I haven't seen in years, and it's actually more about press than it is about an actor's work or what films they've been in.



There are no 'holds.' Everyday you're either willing to buy more at the current price, or, if you aren't, you should redeploy the capital to something you believe does deserve incremental capital.

There are no 'holds.' Everyday you're either willing to buy more at the current price, or, if you aren't, you should redeploy the capital to something you believe does deserve incremental capital.



It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word of God!

It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word of God!



All of humanity is searching for truth, justice, and beauty.

All of humanity is searching for truth, justice, and beauty.



I've never actually seen a 3-D movie. I've seen some dailies in 3-D and it kind of gives me a headache. But it looks really cool.

I've never actually seen a 3-D movie. I've seen some dailies in 3-D and it kind of gives me a headache. But it looks really cool.



Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah.

Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah.



I could play ball all day. That's all I want to do.

I could play ball all day. That's all I want to do.




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