Quote#Art
Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish…
Quote byEliza Farnham · 1815–1864
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Woman and Her Era (1864), pt. 2, ch. 1.
English (original)
Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.
— Eliza Farnham
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