The Heart of the Artist Quotes

“Frederick Buechner said, “The place God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”7”
― Rory Noland, The Heart of the Artist: A Character-Building Guide for You and Your Ministry Team

“We think it’s okay to talk to others about the problem we’re having with so-and-so, but we never go straight to the source. We’re guilty of slander or gossip. Even if what we say is true, it’s still gossip.”
― Rory Noland, The Heart of the Artist: A Character-Building Guide for You and Your Ministry Team

“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”1”
― Rory Noland, The Heart of the Artist: A Character-Building Guide for You and Your Ministry Team

“They are trying to be significant in their universe—trying to mean something more than a random collision of molecules. Though modern philosophy tells them they are nothing, their hearts tell them something else. Because their minds cannot fathom what their hearts know, they feel the weight of the God-placed burden. Art often seems irrational, because the heart is reaching beyond the mind.”
― Rory Noland, The Heart of the Artist: A Character-Building Guide for You and Your Ministry Team

“But then, no artist is normal; if he were, he wouldn’t be an artist.”
― Rory Noland, The Heart of the Artist: A Character-Building Guide for You and Your Ministry Team