It would not be long ere the whole surface of this country would be channelled for those nerves which are to diffuse, with the speed of thought, a kn….

Alas, the very name of picture produces a sadness of heart I cannot describe..

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..

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, ….

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..

Science and art are not opposed..

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 exalte….

What Hath God Wrought..

We must raise the salaries of our operators or they will all be taken from us, that is, all that are good for anything. You will recollect that, at t….

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….

The Jesuits…are a secret society – a sort of Masonic order – with superadded features of revolting odiousness, and a thousand times more dangerous..

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

If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneousl….