Quotes of Joshua Reynolds - somelinesforyou

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

“ There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. ”

- Joshua Reynolds

“ Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing. ”

- Joshua Reynolds

“ There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. ”

- Joshua Reynolds

“ There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. ”

- Joshua Reynolds

“ There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. ”

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

“ The first degree of proficiency is, in painting, what grammar is in literature — a general preparation for whatever species of the art the student may afterward choose for his more particular application. ”

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

“ Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing. ”

- Joshua Reynolds

“ A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. ”

- Joshua Reynolds

“ A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. ”

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

“ If you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. ”

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

- Joshua Reynolds

“ 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
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