Joshua Reynolds Quotes & Sayings
13 most famous Joshua Reynolds quotes and sayings (artist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.”
“There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.”
“The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.”
“All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.”
“It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.”
“If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.”
“The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.”
“Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.”
“Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.”
“The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.”
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