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Well, it all depends on how you, you know, perceive the religion angle. I always say to each their own and I'd much rather have a guy that's going to be preaching religion as oppose a guy who's going to be shooting himself in the leg.

I didn't want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.

I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.

You do manage a somewhat religious attitude toward your art. It is a calling rather than a job.

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.

I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting.

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.