It hath been revealed and is now
repeated that the true worth of artists and craftsmen should be appreciated,
for they advance the affairs of mankind. Just as the foundations of religion
are made firm through the Law of God, the means of livelihood depend upon those
who are engaged in arts and crafts. True learning is that which is conducive to
the well-being of the world, not to pride and self-conceit, or to tyranny,
violence and pillage.
(Baha’u’llah; memorandum from the Research Department of
the Universal House of Justice dated 13 March 1988)
