Eric Gill Quotes

• Man cannot live on the human plane, he must be either above or below it.

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• The artist is not a special kind of man but every man a special kind of artist.

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• That state is a state of Slavery in which a man does what he likes to do in his spare time and in his working time that which is required of him.

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• Look after goodness and truth, beauty will look after herself.

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• Child of G-d, therefore children of G-d, therefore brothers. All wars are civil wars.

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• Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.

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• Science is analytical, descriptive, informative. Man does not live by bread alone, but by science he attempts to do so. Hence the deadliness of all that is purely scientific.

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• Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.

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• The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.

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• Catholics are necessarily at war with this age. That we are not more conscious of the fact, that we so often endeavor to make an impossible peace with it — that is the tragedy. You cannot serve God and Mammon.

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Eric Gill (10)

Birth:	22nd February, 1882
Death:	17th November, 1940
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Sculptor

About

Arthur Eric Rowton Gill was born in Steyning, Sussex, England. He was an English sculptor, typeface designer, and wood engraver. He is a controversial figure, with his well-known religious views and subject matter generally viewed as being at odds with his sexual behaviour, including his erotic art as well as his sexual abuse of children and of an animal. He was named Royal Designer for Industry, the highest British award for designers, by the Royal Society of Arts. He also became a founder-member of the newly established Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry.

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