"The aim and final reason of all music should be nothing else but the Glory of God and the refreshment of the Spirit." - J. S. Bach

"It ought no longer be true that the most exalted moments of a churchgoer's week are associated with music that would not be tolerated in a place of secular entertainment." - Ralph Vaughan-Williams

"Christian art? Art is art, painting is painting; music is music' a story is a story. If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject. If it's good art - and there teh questions start coming, questions which it would be simpler to evade." - Madeleine L'Engle

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."-Andre Gide

"We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts." -Madeleine L'Engle

"All writing is a form of prayer." -John Keats

"I write with intensity, discipline and constancy, because this is the work that calls me, the vocation of my heart." -Bell Hooks

"Personal essayists converse with the reader because they're already having dialogues and disputes with themselves." -Phillip Lopate

"Never lose a holy curiosity." -Albert Einstein

"So much escapes our notice. So much depends on our openness--openness to God and to the beauty He has created." - Leanne Benfield Martin 

Benfield Martin, Leanne  Christian author and speaker who keeps a blogs about Christians in the Arts and Beauty and the Beholder

Best, Harold M. Look for the list of articles and books on the subject of faith and the arts.

Best, Harold M.  Music Through the Eyes of Faith (1993)

Best, Harold M. Unceasing Worship; Biblical Perspectives on Worship and the Arts  Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL 2003 

Card, Michael    Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity
        An exploration of "the biblical foundations of true Christian creativity"

Carson, D.A. Keller, Timothy, Ashton, Mark and Hughes, Kent; Worship by the Book Zondervan Books, 2002

Childs, Edwin T.   Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs, an ongoing discussion via blog of song from a Christian point of view.

Dawn, Marva Reaching Out without Dumbing Down; A Theology of Worship for This Urgent Time Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids MI 1995

Dawn, Marva The Sense of the Call; A Sabbath Way of Life for Those Who Serve God, the Church, and the World  Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids MI 2006

Horton, Michael  A Better Way; Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship Baker Books Grand Rapids, MI 2002

Horton, Michael  In The Face of God; The Dangers & Delights of Spiritual Intimacy Word Publishing Dallas 1996

Horton, Michael  Where in the World is the Church? A Christian View of Culture and Your Role in It  Moody Press, Chicago 1995

Hustad, Donald P. True Worship; Reclaiming the Wonder & Majesty Harold Shaw Publishing, Carol Stream IL 1998  

Hustad, Donald P. Jubilate II; Church Music in Worship and Renewal Hope Publishing, Carol Stream IL 1993