by Vachel Lindsay

I come to you penniless and afoot, to bring a message. I am starting a new religious idea. The idea does not say 'no' to any creed that you have heard. . . . After this, let the denomination to which you now belong be called in your heart 'the church of beauty' or 'the church of the open sky.' . . . The church of beauty has two sides: the love of beauty and the love of God. -- from Vachel Lindsay's GOSPEL OF BEAUTY