St. Thomas Aquinas Art Quotes - (6 quotes)

St. Thomas Aquinas - From the Excellence category:

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

St. Thomas Aquinas - From the Gratitude category:

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

St. Thomas Aquinas - From the Sadness category:

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

St. Thomas Aquinas - From the Senses category:

The senses are a kind of reason. Taste, touch and smell, hearing and seeing, are not merely a means to sensation, enjoyable or otherwise, but they are also a means to knowledge – and are, indeed, your only actual means to knowledge. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

St. Thomas Aquinas - From the Work category:

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his mind is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

St. Thomas Aquinas - From the Work category:

Art is right reason in the doing of work. Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. (St. Thomas Aquinas)