Neverwasartmorenobly employedthan by ourforefathers,when theyraised thosebeautifulpiles- ourcathedrals,our churches,our …

— Bray

Never is piety more unwise than when she casts beauty out of the Church, and by this excommunication forces her fairest …

— Professor Blackie

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear it and see it.

— Michelangelo

Architecture is a handmaid of devotion. A beautiful church is a sermon in stone, and its spire a finger pointing to heav…

— Schaff

“I sought out my favorite armchair and enjoyed myself for a couple of hours,” said Mendelssohn speaking of the Uffizi Ga…

— Felix Mendelssohn

The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form.

— Delsarte