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Quotes by Francois Delsarte - (9 quotes)

Francois Delsarte - From the Art category:

Art is the idealization of the real and realization of the ideal. (Francois Delsarte)

Francois Delsarte - From the Artists category:

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

Francois Delsarte - From the Artists category:

Knowledge, possession, and control; there you have the artist. (Francois Delsarte)

Francois Delsarte - From the Beauty category:

Art is the richest gift of heaven to earth. The true artist never grows old. He is never too old to feel the charm of divine beauty. (Francois Delsarte)

Francois Delsarte - From the Genius category:

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

Francois Delsarte - From the Inspiration category:

To depend entirely upon inspiration is as bad as waiting for a shipwreck to learn how to swim. To leave everything to natural spontaneity is as bad as to make everything the result of mechanical pre-determination... perfection is the harmonious blending of the two. (Francois Delsarte)

Francois Delsarte - From the Purpose category:

The object of art is to crystalize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form. (Francois Delsarte)

Francois Delsarte - From the Religion category:

Science and art are the handmaids of religion. (Francois Delsarte)

Francois Delsarte - From the Truth category:

A man may possess remarkable qualities, may have grace, expression, charm, elegance, but they are all as nothing if he does not interpret truth. (Francois Delsarte)