Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Harriet Hosmer

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a sculptor Harriet Hosmer.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer was a neoclassical sculptor, considered the most distinguished female sculptor in America during the 19th century. She is known as the first female professional sculptor. Among other technical innovations, she pioneered a process for turning limestone into marble. Hosmer once lived in an expatriate colony in Rome, befriending many prominent writers and artists.

Sculptor | October 9, 1830 - February 21, 1908

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We do not claim that punning is legitimate wit. Wit consists in combination of ideas, punning in combination of words only. We wonder at the one, but we laugh at the drollery of the other - as the world goes a pun is regarded as an imponderable commodity, all know the rank it holds in the order of pure intellect.

Harriet Hosmer

[On leaving the U.S. for Italy:] I ought to be accomplishing thrice as much as now, and feel that I am soul-bound and thought-bound in this land of dollars and cents.

Harriet Hosmer

I honor every woman who has strength enough to step out of the beaten path when she feels that her walk lies in another.

Harriet Hosmer

Even if so inclined, an artist has no business to marry. For a man, it may be well enough, but for a woman, on whom matrimonial duties and cares weigh more heavily, it is a moral wrong, for she must either neglect her family, or her profession.

Harriet Hosmer

A pun, like champagne, loses its sparkle when too long drawn out. Its flash is its savor.

Harriet Hosmer

Words are cold and formal things.

Harriet Hosmer