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…

- Samuel Morse

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

- Samuel Morse

Science and art are not opposed.

- Samuel Morse

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.

- Samuel Morse

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, …

- Samuel Morse

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.

- Samuel Morse

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…

- Samuel Morse

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…

- Samuel Morse

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

- Samuel Morse