“Those who perceive in themselves this kind of divine spark which is the artistic vocation, feel at the same time the obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it at the service of their neighbor and of humanity as a whole. Artists who are conscious of all this know too that they must labor without allowing themselves to be driven by the search for empty glory or the craving for cheap popularity. There is therefore an ethic, even a “spirituality” of artistic service, which contributes in its way to the life and renewal of a people.”

― Pope John Paul II, Letter to Artists