The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form.
— Delsarte
Art's purpose is to convert fleeting emotion into lasting thought and then fix that understanding in permanent form.
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Neverwasartmorenobly employedthan by ourforefathers,when theyraised thosebeautifulpiles- ourcathedrals,our churches,our …
— Bray
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear it and see it.
— Michelangelo
Never is piety more unwise than when she casts beauty out of the Church, and by this excommunication forces her fairest …
— Professor Blackie
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
— Victor Hugo
All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness of …
— Ruskin
Architecture is frozen music.
— De Stael
