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My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.

— Dan Flavin

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm not afraid to use Christ as an icon.

— David Seltzer

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.

— Jason Silva

It's a weird day and age when you can tire of icons simply by overexposure.

— Alexa Chung

There comes a time when even icons, if they choose to do so, should be allowed to enjoy life out of the spotlight.

— Robert Osborne

I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones.

— Andres Serrano

What I love most about icons is finding out what's behind them, exploring the price of their power.

— Joss Whedon

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

— Grimes

I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.

— John Lydon

True icons are larger than life, unforgettable with an elegance that's mesmerizingly timeless.

— Francois Nars

✗Opposing Perspectives

The cathedral, at its noblest, is the best outward symbol of the spiritual nature of man, as it is also the most suggestive measure and prophecy of the corporate life of man.

— Jenkin Lloyd Jones