"God does not ask for 'religious' art or 'Catholic' art. The art he wants for himself is Art, with all its teeth"

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Source : Jacques Maritain, Jean Cocteau (2014). “Art and Faith: Letters between Jacques Maritain and Jean Cocteau”, p.47, Open Road Media

Jacques Maritain

#Religious Quotes #Art Quotes #Catholic Quotes

“I really, truly believe in learning from other people's mistakes.”
“Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.”
“The essential difference between that knowledge which is, and that which is not conclusive evidence of Christian character, lies in this: the object of the one is the agreement of the several parts of a theological proposition; the object of the other is moral beauty, the intrinsic loveliness of God and Divine things. The sinner sees and hates; the saint sees and loves.”
“I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think.”
“I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You canâ€™t run away. The past will be only too happy to chase you â€”- in absolute, complete, and total earnest. Do you know why? Because theyâ€™re lonely. The past and memories are very lonely things. I donâ€™t believe in God. Because he doesnâ€™t have a fixed form. The past certainly does exist, even in a world where the future doesnâ€™t have a fixed form. Even if itâ€™s being colored by misunderstandings and delusions, a personâ€™s past canâ€™t be anything but the truth as long as he believes in it. If thatâ€™s what you base your actions or your way of life on, isnâ€™t that like being god?”
“But I felt like Pablo Escobar felt like he was an honorable businessman. And when he killed people, I think he felt he did it because they were honorable. That they were liars and were trying to cheat him. I don't think he had a lot of respect for the politicians in Columbia at the time, so he had quite a lot of fun killing them.”
“It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text.”

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