"I didn’t want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion." ― Julian Schnabel Topic(s): Religion More From Julian Schnabel "I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I’d say my religion was more surfing than Judaism – that’s what I spent most of my time doing." "I guess I am ruthless too because that’s what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don’t go around stepping on their heads." "It’s a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you don’t have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own." More In Religion "Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values."― Allen Tate "I’d make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting."― David Knopfler "The Son of God became man so that we might become God."― Athanasius