Revivification Quotes

At the resurrection, there will be the return of spirits to their bodies, the revivification of the bodies, and the remaking of the bodies. (Said Nursi)
In his effort toward revivification of this sense [the sense for great art], the modern artist has not infrequently retired into himself; he has accepted isolation or even alienation. ... Sometimes the good has to go underground. ... The "revolutionary” artist ... has had the aim of saving himself from the surrounding forces of sentimentality and vulgarity. ... It is impossible to make a deal with these forces, and we should not be surprised if in striking back the artist has done so in ways even intended to be offensive. He has sometimes shown defiance and contempt toward those who would deny his level of seriousness. View quote
Richard Weaver
The greatest honor that can be paid to the work of art, on its pedestal of ritual display, is to describe it with sensory completeness. We need a science of description. . . . Criticism is ceremonial revivification. View quote
Camille Paglia