William A. DyrnessThe special calling of the artist is to call the world to a kind of rest or remind it of its restlessness
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When Jules Renard says, "the special calling of the artist is to call the world to a kind of rest or remind it of its restlessness," he’s referring to the abiding nature of the creative process itself. The artist's job is to capture something that's gone before and offer it up to the world again, over and over. The creative act, like the act of creation itself, is both restless and profound.
Source: Visual Faith: Art, Theology, And Worship In Dialogue
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