“If instilling the fear of hell is a form of “child abuse” perhaps Dante’s “Comedy,” with its graphic depictions of hell, should be forbidden to minors in Japan, and Japanese travel agents should not take families with minors to the famous Medieval Cemetery of or to countless European cathedrals whose frescos or paintings show how devils will torment the sinners in the afterlife (Buddhist depictions of are not less terrifying, by the way).”
“All hope abandon, ye who enter here!”
Dante Alighieri
“Nature is the art of God.”
Dante Alighieri
“Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.”
Dante Alighieri
“My course is set for an uncharted sea.”
Dante Alighieri
“Do not be afraid; our fateCannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”
Dante Alighieri