"Art has two constant, two unending concerns. It always meditates on death, and thus always creates life."

"It was not until after the coming of Christ that time and man could breathe freely.
It was not until after Him that man began to live toward the future.
Man does not die in a ditch like a dog- but at home in history,
while the work toward the conquest of death is in full swing; he dies sharing in this work."
- Boris Pasternak