n that which in itself has no
life.

Art should move the secret springs of life, convince the mind and
persuade the heart.

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Beauty purifies the sense,
Truth illuminates the mind,
Virtue sanctifies the soul.

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The more lofty the intellect, the more simple the speech. (So in art.)

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Accent is the modulation of the soul.

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The artist who does not love, is by that fact rendered sterile.

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Art is a regenerating or delighting power.

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Routine is the most formidable thing I know.

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If you would move others, put your heart in the place of your larynx;
let your voice become a mysterious hand to caress the hearer.

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Nothing is more deplorable than a gesture without a motive.

Perhaps the best gesture is that which is least apparent.

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There is always voice enough to an attentive listener.

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Persuade yourself that there are blind men and deaf men in your
audience whom you must _move_, _interest_ and _persuade!_ Your
inflection must become pantomime to the blind, and your pantomime,
inflection to the deaf.

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The mouth plays a part in everything evil which we would express, by a
grimace which consists of protruding the lips and lowering the corners.
If the grimace translates a concentric sentiment, it should be made by
compressing the lips.

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Conscious menace--that of a master to his subordinate--is expressed by a
movement of the head carried from above downward.

Impotent menace requires the head to be moved from below upward.

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Any interrogation made with crossed arms must partake of the character
of a threat.

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When two limbs follow the same direction, they cannot be simultaneous
without an injury to the law of opposition. Therefore, direct movements
should be successive, and opposite movements should be simultaneous.

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There are three great articular centres: the _shoul