Samuel F. B. Morse quotes

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 instantaneously by electricity. (Samuel F. B. 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 knowledge of all that is occurring throughout the land, making, in fact, one neighborhood of the whole country. View quote
Samuel F. B. 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. View quote
Samuel F. B. 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. View quote
Samuel F. B. 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, or ruler. View quote
Samuel F. B. Morse
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. View quote
Samuel F. B. Morse
What God hath wrought? View quote
Samuel F. B. Morse
Science and art are not opposed. View quote
Samuel F. B. Morse
Education without religion is in danger of substituting wild theories for the simple commonsense rules of Christianity. View quote
Samuel F. B. Morse
The birth and inauguration of the generic telegraph has not only opened a new field for the labors, and given direction to the ingenuity of the mechanician, suggesting numerous varieties of form and distribution of parts, but it has also give a fresh impulse to the researches of the philosopher into the mysteries of the most efficient agent, electricity. It has been the servant of the astronomer; it has assisted in the determination of longitudes; ... it has promoted the science of meteorology, and been tributary in many ways to the advancement of our knowledge of terrestrial phenomena. ... View quote
Samuel F. B. Morse