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I think it's a loss that has done a great deal of damage to modern art. Painting is a return to origins.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a7047/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/7047.v2.jpg" alt="Antoni Tapies"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Antoni Tapies</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="18b20"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="18b20" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a7047/18b20/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=In%20our%20world%2C%20in%20which%20religious%20images%20are%20losing%20their%20meaning%2C%20in%20which%20our%20customs%20are%20getting%20more%20and%20more%20secular%2C%20we%20are%20losing%20our%20sense%20of%20the%20eternal.%20I%20think%20it%27s%20a%20loss%20that%20has%20done%20a%20great%20deal%20of%20damage%20to%20modern%20art.%20Painting%20is%20a%20return%20to%20origins.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa7047%2F18b20%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/178/">Great</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/180/">Done</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a972/329b/">The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a972/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/972.v8.jpg" alt="J. C. Ryle"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">J. C. 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'</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3982/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/e/3982.v12.jpg" alt="Banksy"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Banksy</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="16935"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="16935" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3982/16935/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=%27People%20who%20should%20be%20shot:%20Fascist%20thugs%2C%20religious%20fundamentalists%2C%20people%20who%20write%20lists%20telling%20you%20who%20should%20be%20shot.%20%27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3982%2F16935%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4299/">Religious</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a16943/1bcbf/">And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're not, at least you can have the sense that there is a condition inside you which looks at the stars with amazement and awe.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a16943/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/f/16943.v4.jpg" alt="Maya Angelou"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Maya Angelou</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1bcbf"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1bcbf" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a16943/1bcbf/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=And%20if%20a%20person%20is%20religious%2C%20I%20think%20it%27s%20good%2C%20it%20helps%20you%20a%20bit.%20But%20if%20you%27re%20not%2C%20at%20least%20you%20can%20have%20the%20sense%20that%20there%20is%20a%20condition%20inside%20you%20which%20looks%20at%20the%20stars%20with%20amazement%20and%20awe.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa16943%2F1bcbf%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4299/">Religious</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4816/">Condition</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a13997/2cfc1/">Most people who came here came for economic reasons or sometimes for religious or political reasons. I didn't have any of this. I came here, I liked it, I stayed. So I'm a pure American - even more than people who are born here - because I did it by choice as an adult.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a13997/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/13997.v2.jpg" alt="Jacques Pepin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Jacques Pepin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="2cfc1"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2cfc1" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a13997/2cfc1/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Most%20people%20who%20came%20here%20came%20for%20economic%20reasons%20or%20sometimes%20for%20religious%20or%20political%20reasons.%20I%20didn%27t%20have%20any%20of%20this.%20I%20came%20here%2C%20I%20liked%20it%2C%20I%20stayed.%20So%20I%27m%20a%20pure%20American%20-%20even%20more%20than%20people%20who%20are%20born%20here%20-%20because%20I%20did%20it%20by%20choice%20as%20an%20adult.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa13997%2F2cfc1%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/761/">American</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/420/">Political</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a416/14050/">World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a416/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/416.v20.jpg" alt="Dalai Lama"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Dalai Lama</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="14050"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="14050" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a416/14050/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=World%20belongs%20to%20humanity%2C%20not%20this%20leader%2C%20that%20leader%20or%20that%20king%20or%20prince%20or%20religious%20leader.%20World%20belongs%20to%20humanity.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa416%2F14050%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/752/">Humanity</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/247/">King</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a770/227db/">The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a770/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/770.v3.jpg" alt="Saint Teresa of Avila"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Saint Teresa of Avila</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="227db"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="227db" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a770/227db/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20devil%20put%20before%20me%20that%20I%20could%20not%20endure%20the%20trials%20of%20the%20religious%20life%2C%20because%20of%20my%20delicate%20nurture.%20I%20defended%20myself%20against%20him%20by%20alleging%20the%20trials%20which%20Christ%20endured%2C%20and%20that%20it%20was%20not%20much%20for%20me%20to%20suffer%20something%20for%20His%20sake%3B%20besides%2C%20He%20would%20help%20me%20to%20bear%20it.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa770%2F227db%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/483/">Help</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/239/">Myself</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a16901/21c8a5/">Over the years, I think I've matured in my spiritual evolution and development to understand a bit more than the narrow religious thinking - to move beyond that through a sort of perfection of the grandiose nature of the universe, and how perfect it is it in its sense and how satisfied we should all be in our place in that.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a16901/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/16901.v8.jpg" alt="Buzz Aldrin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Buzz Aldrin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a6926/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/e/6926.v3.jpg" alt="Christopher Hitchens"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Christopher Hitchens</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="089a3"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="089a3" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a6926/089a3/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20secular%20state%20is%20the%20guarantee%20of%20religious%20pluralism.%20This%20apparent%20paradox%2C%20again%2C%20is%20the%20simplest%20and%20most%20elegant%20of%20political%20truths.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa6926%2F089a3%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/420/">Political</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4299/">Religious</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a7053/01eca3/">Do not wonder that I am so religious. An artist who is not could not produce anything like this. I like praying there at the window when I look out on the green and at the sky. I study with the birds, flowers, God and myself.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a7053/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/7053.v2.jpg" alt="Antonin Dvorak"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Antonin Dvorak</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="01eca3"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01eca3" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a7053/01eca3/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Do%20not%20wonder%20that%20I%20am%20so%20religious.%20An%20artist%20who%20is%20not%20could%20not%20produce%20anything%20like%20this.%20I%20like%20praying%20there%20at%20the%20window%20when%20I%20look%20out%20on%20the%20green%20and%20at%20the%20sky.%20I%20study%20with%20the%20birds%2C%20flowers%2C%20God%20and%20myself.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa7053%2F01eca3%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/58/">God</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1276/">Wonder</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/490/">Study</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3271/1de4/">By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3271/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/3271.v4.jpg" alt="Samuel Chase"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Samuel Chase</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1de4"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1de4" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3271/1de4/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=By%20our%20form%20of%20government%2C%20the%20Christian%20religion%20is%20the%20established%20religion%3B%20and%20all%20sects%20and%20denominations%20of%20Christians%20are%20placed%20upon%20the%20same%20equal%20footing%2C%20and%20are%20equally%20entitled%20to%20protection%20in%20their%20religious%20liberty.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3271%2F1de4%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/227/">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/287/">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/601/">Religion</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a38227/3d97e/">Jackson was not a religious man when he came to Lexington.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a38227/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/13/38227.v2.jpg" alt="Daniel Harvey Hill"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Daniel Harvey Hill</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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It is instead, an inner spiritual strength which enables them to face those storms with hope and serenity.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1554/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/12/1554.v4.jpg" alt="Sam Ervin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Sam Ervin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="366151"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="366151" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1554/366151/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Religious%20faith%20is%20not%20a%20storm%20cellar%20to%20which%20men%20and%20women%20can%20flee%20for%20refuge%20from%20the%20storms%20of%20life.%20It%20is%20instead%2C%20an%20inner%20spiritual%20strength%20which%20enables%20them%20to%20face%20those%20storms%20with%20hope%20and%20serenity.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1554%2F366151%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/210/">Free</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/65/">Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2794/">Refuge</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a7499/3fb26/">Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. 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And that's the kind of culture that I think allows all of us, then, to believe what we want. That's freedom of conscience. 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Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. 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