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Letter to Artists, (April 4, 1999) | John Paul II

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To all who are passionately dedicated to the search for new “epiphanies” of beauty so that through their creative work as artists they may offer these as gifts to the world. “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good” (Gn 1:31) The artist, image of God the Creator 1. None can sense more deeply than you artists, ingenious creators of beauty that you are, something of the pathos with which God at the dawn of creation looked upon the work of his hands. A glimmer of that feeling has shone so often in your eyes when—like the artists of every age—captivated by the hidden power of sounds and words, colours and shapes, you have admired the work of your inspiration, sensing in it some echo of the mystery of creation with which God, the sole creator of all things, has wished in some way to associate you. That is why it seems to me that there are no better words than the text of Genesis with which to begin my Letter to you, to whom I feel closely linked by experiences reaching far back i

Letter to Artists, (April 4, 1999) A A A PDF generation in progress..... AR - DE - EN - ES - FR - HU - IT - PL - PT LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II TO ARTISTS 1999 To all who are passionately dedicated to the search for new “epiphanies” of beauty so that through their creative work as artists they may offer these as gifts to the world . “ God saw all that he had made, and it was very good ” ( Gn 1:31) The artist, image of God the Creator 1. None can sense more deeply than you artists, ingenious creators of beauty that you are, something of the pathos with which God at the dawn of crea

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