…in this wonderful new age, art is worship. The more thou
strivest to perfect it, the closer wilt thou come to God. What bestowal could
be greater than this, that one’s art should be even as the act of worshipping
the Lord? That is to say, when thy fingers grasp the paintbrush, it is as if
thou wert at prayer in the Temple.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet, ‘Additional
Tablets, Extracts and Talks”; Online Baha’i Reference Library, Baha’i World
Centre)
