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1 " In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion. "
― Alain de Botton , Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
2 " Indeed, the idea that doubt can be heroic, if it is locked into a structure as grand as that of the paintings of Cezanne's old age, is one of the keys to our century. A touchstone of modernity itself. "
― Robert Hughes , The Shock of the New