Church art is not always art.
Art that happens to be placed in church, is art in the church,
But not Church art.
Church art that is shown in museums, remains church art in museums.
Art for the Church is not always regarded as art by the Church.
The Church does not always want art.
Art is art without the Church.
Great Church art is art in the church and for the church.
- Heinz Mack
Quoted in Sir Christopher Frayling, "Art and Religion in the Modern West: Some Perspectives", The Tanner Lectures on Human Values Delivered at Clare Hall, Cambridge November 11–12, 2009.
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