Daniel A. Siedell > Quotes

“Art is a witness to both our fallen world and hope for its redemption.”
― Daniel A. Siedell, God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art

“A Christian, then, does not merely believe a certain dogma, but has a transformed vision, one that sees the
world as it truly is, as Christ's footstool, as the sanctuary of God,”
― Daniel A. Siedell, God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art

“Do we declare that the altar to the unknown god points to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob revealed by the Son? Or do we dismiss it out of hand as hopelessly pagan? Modern and contemporary art is not, to be sure, for the faint of Christian heart.”
― Daniel A. Siedell, God in the Gallery (Cultural Exegesis): A Christian Embrace of Modern Art

“Of old, God the incorporeal and formless was never depicted, but now that God has been seen in the flesh and has associated among human kind, I depict what I have seen of God. I do not venerate matter but I venerate the fashioner
of matter, who became matter for my sake and accepted to dwell in matter and through matter worked my salvation, and I will not cease from reverencing matter, through which my salvation was worked.34”
― Daniel A. Siedell, God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art

“Art requires contemplation that focuses attention on the viewer developing a relationship with the work of art, not merely passively receiving a message.”
― Daniel A. Siedell, God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art

“Artists make art not because they have knowledge they want to "express" but because they want to discover or learn something through the practice of art.”
― Daniel A. Siedell, God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art

“The experience of art is best understood not from the perspective of "reading" or "decoding" but in contemplation and communion, metaphors that derive from the veneration of icons, which is itself grounded in prayer, in communion with God, the ultimate goal of our lives.20”
― Daniel A. Siedell, God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art