19 Quotes by Samuel Morse

I have no wish to be remembered as a painter, for I never was a painter; my idea of that profession was perhaps too exalted; I may say, is too exalted. I leave it to others more worthy to fill the niches of art.

What God Hath Wrought.

Science and art are not opposed.

Painting has been a smiling mistress to many, but she has been a cruel jilt to me; I did not abandon her, she abandoned me.

Education without religion is in danger of substituting wild theories for the simple commonsense rules of Christianity.

Every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child's hand to make it a reality. One's invention is another's tool...

Every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child’s hand to make it a reality. One’s invention is another’s tool...

My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price.

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.