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Joshua Reynolds Quotes

Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have... a mischievous tendency, by seducing the Painter to an ambition of pleasing indiscriminately the mixed multitude of people who resort to them Picture Quote #1

Simplicity is an exact medium between too little and too much Picture Quote #1

Whatever trips you make, you must still have nature in your eye Picture Quote #1

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts Picture Quote #1

Certainly, nothing can be more simple than monotony Picture Quote #1

Less coin, less care Picture Quote #1

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The excellence of every art, must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose Picture Quote #1

Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour Picture Quote #1

Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much Picture Quote #1

Taste depends upon those finer emotions which make the organization of the soul Picture Quote #1

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers Picture Quote #1

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements Picture Quote #1

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It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk Picture Quote #1

The spectator, as he walks the gallery, will stop, or pass along. To give a general air of grandeur at first view, all trifling, or artful play of little lights, or an attention to a variety of tints is to be avoided; a quietness and simplicity must reign over the whole work, to which a breadth of uniform and simple color will very much contribute Picture Quote #1

There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention Picture Quote #1

Let me recommend to you not to have too great dependence on your practice or memory, however strong those impressions may have been which are there deposited. They are forever wearing out, and will be at least obliterated, unless they are continually refreshed and repaired Picture Quote #1

A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method Picture Quote #1

Martial music has sudden and strongly marked transitions from one note to another which that style of music requires; while in that which is intended to move the softer passions, the notes imperceptibly melt into one another Picture Quote #1

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A painter must compensate the natural deficiencies of his art. He has but one sentence to utter, but one moment to exhibit. He cannot, like the poet or historian, expatiate, and impress the mind Picture Quote #1

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen Picture Quote #1

What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; hence are derived the rules of art, and on this immovable foundation they must ever stand Picture Quote #1

I do not see in what manner practice alone can be sufficient for the production of correct, excellent, and finished pictures. Works deserving this character never were produced, nor ever will arise, from memory alone Picture Quote #1

The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails and something else succeeds Picture Quote #1

Though colour may appear at first a part of painting merely mechanical, yet it still has its rules, and those grounded upon that presiding principle which regulates both the great and the little in the study of a painter Picture Quote #1

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Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellences which are out of the reach of the rules of art: a power which no precepts can teach, and which no industry can acquire Picture Quote #1

Grandeur of effect is produced by two different ways which seem entirely opposed to each other. One is by reducing the colors to little more than chiaroscuro... and the other, by making the colors very distinct and forcible... but still, the presiding principle of both those manners is simplicity Picture Quote #1

You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do, you are all abroad, at the mercy of every gust of fashion, without knowing or seeing the point to which you ought to steer Picture Quote #1

I wish you to be persuaded that success in your art depends almost entirely on your own industry; but the industry which I principally recommend is not the industry of the hands, but of the mind Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

By leaving a student to himself he may... be led to undertake matters above his strength, but the trial will at least have this advantage: it will discover to himself his own deficiencies and this discovery alone is a very considerable acquisition Picture Quote #1

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Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have... a mischievous tendency, by seducing the Painter to an ambition of pleasing indiscriminately the mixed multitude of people who resort to them (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Simplicity is an exact medium between too little and too much (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Whatever trips you make, you must still have nature in your eye (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Certainly, nothing can be more simple than monotony (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Less coin, less care (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The excellence of every art, must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Taste depends upon those finer emotions which make the organization of the soul (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The real character of a man is found out by his amusements (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The spectator, as he walks the gallery, will stop, or pass along. To give a general air of grandeur at first view, all trifling, or artful play of little lights, or an attention to a variety of tints is to be avoided; a quietness and simplicity must reign over the whole work, to which a breadth of uniform and simple color will very much contribute (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Let me recommend to you not to have too great dependence on your practice or memory, however strong those impressions may have been which are there deposited. They are forever wearing out, and will be at least obliterated, unless they are continually refreshed and repaired (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 (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Martial music has sudden and strongly marked transitions from one note to another which that style of music requires; while in that which is intended to move the softer passions, the notes imperceptibly melt into one another (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) A painter must compensate the natural deficiencies of his art. He has but one sentence to utter, but one moment to exhibit. He cannot, like the poet or historian, expatiate, and impress the mind (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; hence are derived the rules of art, and on this immovable foundation they must ever stand (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) I do not see in what manner practice alone can be sufficient for the production of correct, excellent, and finished pictures. Works deserving this character never were produced, nor ever will arise, from memory alone (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails and something else succeeds (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Though colour may appear at first a part of painting merely mechanical, yet it still has its rules, and those grounded upon that presiding principle which regulates both the great and the little in the study of a painter (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellences which are out of the reach of the rules of art: a power which no precepts can teach, and which no industry can acquire (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Grandeur of effect is produced by two different ways which seem entirely opposed to each other. One is by reducing the colors to little more than chiaroscuro... and the other, by making the colors very distinct and forcible... but still, the presiding principle of both those manners is simplicity (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do, you are all abroad, at the mercy of every gust of fashion, without knowing or seeing the point to which you ought to steer (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) I wish you to be persuaded that success in your art depends almost entirely on your own industry; but the industry which I principally recommend is not the industry of the hands, but of the mind (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 (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) By leaving a student to himself he may... be led to undertake matters above his strength, but the trial will at least have this advantage: it will discover to himself his own deficiencies and this discovery alone is a very considerable acquisition (Joshua Reynolds Quotes)

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