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What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again;

— Joshua Reynolds

A mere copier of nature can never produce any thing great, can Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

A mere copier of nature can never produce any thing great, can

— Joshua Reynolds

Our studies will be forever, in a very great degree, under the Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Our studies will be forever, in a very great degree, under the

— Joshua Reynolds

Gardening as far as Gardening is Art, or entitled to that appellation, Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Gardening as far as Gardening is Art, or entitled to that appellation,

— Joshua Reynolds

There can be no doubt but that he who has the most Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

There can be no doubt but that he who has the most

— Joshua Reynolds

If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art… the Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art… the

— Joshua Reynolds

A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will

— Joshua Reynolds

Whatever trips you make, you must still have nature in your eye… Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

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

— Joshua Reynolds

Reform is a work of time; a national taste, however wrong it Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Reform is a work of time; a national taste, however wrong it

— Joshua Reynolds

While I recommend studying the art from artists, Nature is and must Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

While I recommend studying the art from artists, Nature is and must

— Joshua Reynolds

By leaving a student to himself he may… be led to undertake Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

By leaving a student to himself he may… be led to undertake

— Joshua Reynolds

No art can be grafted with success on another art. For though Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

No art can be grafted with success on another art. For though

— Joshua Reynolds

Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour. Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour.

— Joshua Reynolds

Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much. Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.

— Joshua Reynolds

It is impossible that anything will be well understood or well done Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

It is impossible that anything will be well understood or well done

— Joshua Reynolds

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

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

— Joshua Reynolds

The true test of all the arts is not solely whether the Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

The true test of all the arts is not solely whether the

— Joshua Reynolds

A painter must not only be of necessity an imitator of the Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

A painter must not only be of necessity an imitator of the

— Joshua Reynolds

In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more

— Joshua Reynolds

It is vain for painters… to endeavour to invent without materials on Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

It is vain for painters… to endeavour to invent without materials on

— Joshua Reynolds

An eye critically nice can only be formed by observing well-colored pictures Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

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

— Joshua Reynolds

However minutely labored the picture may be in the detail, the whole Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

However minutely labored the picture may be in the detail, the whole

— Joshua Reynolds

The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon

— Joshua Reynolds

Though colour may appear at first a part of painting merely mechanical, Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Though colour may appear at first a part of painting merely mechanical,

— Joshua Reynolds

Martial music has sudden and strongly marked transitions from one note to Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Martial music has sudden and strongly marked transitions from one note to

— Joshua Reynolds

The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states

— Joshua Reynolds

Raphael and Titian seem to have looked at Nature for different purposes; Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Raphael and Titian seem to have looked at Nature for different purposes;

— Joshua Reynolds

Nothing is denied to well-directed labor. Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Nothing is denied to well-directed labor.

— Joshua Reynolds

The general ideas which are expressed in sketches, correspond very well to Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

The general ideas which are expressed in sketches, correspond very well to

— Joshua Reynolds

I have heard painters acknowledge, though in that acknowledgment no degradation of Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

I have heard painters acknowledge, though in that acknowledgment no degradation of

— Joshua Reynolds

The great end of all arts is to make an impression on Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

The great end of all arts is to make an impression on

— Joshua Reynolds

You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do, Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do,

— Joshua Reynolds

Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have… a mischievous tendency, by seducing the Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have… a mischievous tendency, by seducing the

— Joshua Reynolds

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

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

— Joshua Reynolds

Let me recommend to you not to have too great dependence on Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Let me recommend to you not to have too great dependence on

— Joshua Reynolds

The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors… though they have not the Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors… though they have not the

— Joshua Reynolds

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

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

— Joshua Reynolds

He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will

— Joshua Reynolds

Poetry operates by raising our curiosity, engaging the mind by degrees to Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Poetry operates by raising our curiosity, engaging the mind by degrees to

— Joshua Reynolds

Every art, like our own, has in its composition fluctuating as well Joshua Reynolds Picture Quote

Every art, like our own, has in its composition fluctuating as well

— Joshua Reynolds

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