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Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious

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"Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind"

- Clive Bell

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This quote is written / told by Clive Bell between September 16, 1881 and September 18, 1964. He/she was a famous Critic from England. The author also have 13 other quotes.

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