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Joshua Reynolds quotes: I can recommend nothing better ... than that you endeavor to infuse into your works what you learn from the contemplation of the works of others.

I can recommend nothing better ... than that you endeavor to infuse into your works what you learn from the contemplation of the works of others.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Common observation and a plain understanding is the source of all art.

Common observation and a plain understanding is the source of all art.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Reform is a work of time; a national taste, however wrong it may be, cannot be totally changed at once.

Reform is a work of time; a national taste, however wrong it may be, cannot be totally changed at once.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.

The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: What is a well-chosen collection of pictures, but walls hung round with thoughts?

What is a well-chosen collection of pictures, but walls hung round with thoughts?

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Taste depends upon those finer emotions which make the organization of the soul.

Taste depends upon those finer emotions which make the organization of the soul.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.

Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Nothing is denied to well-directed labor.

Nothing is denied to well-directed labor.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.

Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature.

In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: An eye critically nice can only be formed by observing well-colored pictures with attention.

An eye critically nice can only be formed by observing well-colored pictures with attention.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Nothing can be made of nothing; he who has laid up no material can produce no combination.

Nothing can be made of nothing; he who has laid up no material can produce no combination.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: It is vain for painters ... to endeavour to invent without materials on which the mind may work.

It is vain for painters ... to endeavour to invent without materials on which the mind may work.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: The excellence of every art, must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose

The excellence of every art, must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose

Joshua Reynolds quotes: If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method.

A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Certainly, nothing can be more simple than monotony.

Certainly, nothing can be more simple than monotony.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: It is impossible that anything will be well understood or well done that is taken into a reluctant understanding, and executed with a servile hand.

It is impossible that anything will be well understood or well done that is taken into a reluctant understanding, and executed with a servile hand.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: Whatever trips you make, you must still have nature in your eye ...

Whatever trips you make, you must still have nature in your eye ...

Joshua Reynolds quotes: All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.

Joshua Reynolds quotes: There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention ...

There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention ...