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

- Francois Delsarte

The artist, a traveller on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being.

- Francois Delsarte

Manner, as much as matter, constitutes eloquence.

- Francois Delsarte

Science and art are the handmaids of religion.

- Francois Delsarte

The concealment of art by the actor is as great a mark of genius as it is in the painter.

- Francois Delsarte