“God and chance belonged to art, eternity and labyrinths to science.”

“Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.”

“Every accomplishment, every refined talent, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all sciences, and art belong to the Saints.”

“The definition of Christian art is to be found in its subject and its spirit. Everything, sacred and profane, belongs to it. God does not ask for “religious” art or “Catholic” art. The art he wants for himself is Art, with all its teeth.”

“Without art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without science, we should always worship false gods.”

“...it is the knowledge of necessary and eternal truths that distinguishes us from the mere animals and gives us Reason and the sciences, raising us to the knowledge of ourselves and of God...”