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To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists.

Arnold Bennett

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born; the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

Auguste Rodin

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.

D. H. Lawrence

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.

Henri Matisse

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Igor Stravinsky

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

John Steinbeck

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

Novalis

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Oscar Wilde

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Pablo Picasso

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

Pablo Picasso

261. The Picture of Little Big Horn

Humor

... picture of General Custer. In the bottom right corner was a cow with a halo. In the left bottom corner was a southern plantation complete with cotton fields as far as the eye could see. Filling the cotton fields were Indians. When he was asked what the picture meant, the artist explained, "General Custer said: 'Holy Cow! Where did all those cotton-pickin' Indians come from?''

262. No Promotion Required

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... landscape. As the man proceeded to color the canvas in deep browns, reds, and yellows, the picture really started to look good. He felt that the painter ought to stop. The picture looked complete. Then, as he was thinking those very words, he cringed to see the artist add a dark blackish color of paint to the canvas. As Waldrop had feared, the dark blob looked awkward and out of place. But as the man continued to add texture and other colors to the blob it began to take shape. When the painter was finished ...

263. When We Are Weak

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... wisdom of God. Other people should feel some impact from your life. They should be inspired or comforted or challenged or changed because of their contact with you. So how you choose to respond to your weakness matters. Bethany Noel Murray is an artist from Boston, Massachusetts. Her paintings look like fantasies of magical forests filled with light and colors and strange shapes. Fans of her work describe it as like looking at a beautiful landscape through a kaleidoscope. The secret to Murray’s unique and ...

264. The Dean's Dilemma

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... person, then you will repel people away from God. You will waste the awesome opportunity that God made you for, the opportunity to change a life by sharing with them the love and joy of God. Most young people know the artist, Chance the Rapper. Chance is one of the most successful artists in the music industry right now. He’s won a Grammy award, his concerts sell out, he is an anti-violence activist in the city of Chicago and has donated over $1 million to Chicago’s public school system. Professionally ...

265. Preparing for the King

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... asking for help in covering up or removing racist tattoos. Corey Fleischer is founder of the nonprofit Erasing Hate, which organizes volunteers to remove or cover up racist or hateful graffiti in public spaces. In 2020, he has also served as a middleman, helping connect tattoo artists with those who want to rid themselves of such tattoos. Fleischer says of the people who reach out to him, “I don’t care what your backstory is. I care about tomorrow. You want to erase it then I’m going to be there for ...

266. Fertilize Your Faith

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . I imagine Jesus must have prayed continually over Jerusalem. And in the end, he could not save them. But he did save many others. Jesus is our advocate today, just as he was in the days he walked the earth. He is a Creator and Artist of Fertilization. Just as God resurrected people, places, lives, and even Jesus from the dead, God can also re-fertilize your heart with life-sustaining faith and nourishing love, sating your hunger for truth and your need for relationship, so that you too become a healthy ...

267. First Things First

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Will Willimon

... , when you think about it. The Genesis affirmation that God is on the side of order, that God is the great, cosmic artist who combats chaos and nothingness, fights disorder in favor of design and somethingness, is a great act of faith. Here was the ... in the image of Langston Hughes) ''a Mammy bending over her baby,” birthing, forming. caressing you with the joy of a great, cosmic artist. “He's got the whole world in his hands.'' So on this beautiful June day. but most of all for the dark, chaotic, abysmal ...

268. All Dressed Up

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... God’s people. How will this change how you carry on your week? How will this change the way you live your life? For each person it may be different, for each one of us is unique in our personalities and our expressions. Just as some may be artists, some photographers, some sculptors, some architects, we as disciples too have varied gifts. But when we put on our servant’s garb, when we remember what we are wearing as a disciple of Christ, our identity as a servant of Christ can’t help but shine through ...

269. The Flow

John 7:37-39 · 1 Corinthians 12:3-13 · Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... or things going on around them. They are experiencing a kind of euphoric engagement with their creative activity and become engrossed fully. They feel energized, excited, and fully connected. We call it being “in the zone.” But you don’t have to be an artist to feel this kind of “freedom” in the present moment. Many can reach this kind of meditative, entirely absorbed in the activity or moment, hyper-focused immersion state in other kinds of ways: when we read, when we dance, when we feel in love ...

270. Good News/Bad News

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... into the face of Christ, so full of agony, the gallery guard tapped him on the shoulder. “Lower,” the guard said. “The artist painted this picture to be appreciated from a lower position.” So the man bent down. And from this lower position he observed ... on both knees and looked up. Only then as he looked up at the painting from such a low posture could he realize the artist’s intended perspective. Only then could he see the full beauty of the cross. (7) Jesus did the will of his Father and the full ...

271. Fearful, But Not Afraid

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . At the end, they purchased a wood carving as a gift for the leader who had inspired the trip. It portrayed Jesus with his arms around the twelve disciples, all of them portrayed by the artist in various stages of anxiety and disbelief. His arms and shoulders formed the rim of what became a fishing vessel. The artist declared, “It is a perfect image for the church: we are the people who are in the same boat with Jesus.” Indeed. Whatever fears we face, we are together, and can choose to look to ...

272. You've Got to Go Lower

Matthew 16:21-28

Illustration

Angela Akers

... who was walking through an art gallery when he came upon a picture of the Lord Jesus dying upon the cross. As he stared into the face of Christ, so full of agony, the gallery guard tapped him on the shoulder. “Lower,” the guard said. “The artist painted this picture to be appreciated from a lower position.” So the man bent down. And from this lower position he observed new beauties in the picture not previously shown. “Lower,” said the guard. “Lower still.” The man knelt down on one knee and ...

273. Into The Valley Of Despair

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Ronald Love

... . I had to once again enter the busyness of the world. I have a water color painting in the dining room of my home, by an artist whose name I do not know. From a distance, sitting in the living room, it is clear that I am looking at painting of a pond surrounded ... , and no pond or trees can be seen, only a brilliant mixing of colors. To this day I remain baffled as to how the artist accomplished this. The painting for me has a spiritual message. Up close life can be so busy, so hectic, and so full of problems ...

274. Basta, basta!

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... famous for his mysterious landscape paintings. From “Morning in the Giant Mountains” to “Cross in the Mountains” and “Monk by the Sea,” you can see that the artist was fascinated by unusual landscapes, fog, the vastness and barrenness of creation, and the mysteriousness of its Creator. One of his most well-known paintings is this one, “Wanderer Above a Sea of Fog”: The painting shows a man presumably on a mountain-top surrounded by fog. From this perspective ...

275. The Art of Reconciliation

Luke 12:49-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of peacemaker and restorer that Jesus imagined we all as disciples could be. What will this mean for you? Within your family? Within your community? Within your nation? Within your world? It all starts with you. Because you too are an Artist of Reconciliation. You too are part of God’s Masterpiece! [1] See “The Art of Reconciliation,” William Massey Art, https://williammasseyart.com. [2] See dictionaries, such as the Cambridge Dictionary, Merriam Webster, dictionary.com, and others for full definition ...

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Arnold Bennett

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born; the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

Auguste Rodin

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.

D. H. Lawrence

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.

Henri Matisse

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Igor Stravinsky

John Steinbeck

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

Novalis

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Oscar Wilde

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Pablo Picasso

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

Pablo Picasso