Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

The Hindus do not regard the religious, aesthetic, and scientific standpoints as necessarily conflicting, and in all their finest work, whether musical, literary, or plastic, those points of view, nowadays so sharply distinguished, are inseparably united.

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Originally published in The Wisdom of Ananda Coomaraswamy: Reflections on Indian Art, Life, and Religion, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2011. Republished here with thanks.