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Joshua Reynolds Quotes

From a slight, undetermined drawing, where the ideas of the composition and character are just touched upon, the imagination supplies more than the painter himself, probably, could produce. And we accordingly often find that the finished work disappoints the expectation that was raised from the sketch Picture Quote #1

The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states grows rigid and must be warmed and softened before it will receive a deep impression Picture Quote #1

Words should be employed as the means, not as the end: language is the instrument, conviction is the work Picture Quote #1

You must have no dependence on your own genius. If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency Picture Quote #1

The true test of all the arts, is not solely whether the production is a true copy of nature, but whether it answers the end of art, which is to produce a pleasing effect upon the mind Picture Quote #1

A mere copier of nature can never produce any thing great, can never raise and enlarge the conceptions, or warm the heart of the spectator Picture Quote #1

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Nature is, and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible; and from which all excellencies must originally flow 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 immoveable foundation they must ever stand Picture Quote #1

He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated Picture Quote #1

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master Picture Quote #1

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius Picture Quote #1

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 from nothing Picture Quote #1

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The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it Picture Quote #1

The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it Picture Quote #1

The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter Picture Quote #1

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking Picture Quote #1

Nothing can be made of nothing; he who has laid up no material can produce no combination Picture Quote #1

Style in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed Picture Quote #1

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Reform is a work of time; a national taste, however wrong it may be, cannot be totally changed at once Picture Quote #1

The first degree of proficiency is, in painting, what grammar is in literature, a general preparation for whatever the student may afterward choose for more particular application. The power of drawing, modeling, and using colors, is very properly called the language of the art Picture Quote #1

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

Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in habits of industry without the pleasure of perceiving those advances, which, like the hand of a clock, whilst they make hourly approaches to their point, yet proceed so slowly as to escape observation Picture Quote #1

Every art, like our own, has in its composition fluctuating as well as fixed principles. It is an attentive inquiry into their difference that will enable us to determine how far we are influenced by custom and habit, and what is fixed in the nature of things Picture Quote #1

It is vain for painters... to endeavour to invent without materials on which the mind may work Picture Quote #1

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Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work Picture Quote #1

One inconvenience... may attend bold and arduous attempts: frequent failure may discourage. This evil, however, is not more pernicious than the slow proficiency which is the natural consequence of too easy tasks Picture Quote #1

The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors... though they have not the kind of harmony which is produced by a variety of broken and transparent colors, have the effect of grandeur Picture Quote #1

Perhaps blue, red, and yellow strike the mind more forcibly from there not being any great union between them, as martial music, which is intended to rouse the nobler passions Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The great use of copying, if it be at all useful, should seem to be in learning color; yet even coloring will never be perfectly attained by servilely copying the model before you Picture Quote #1

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From a slight, undetermined drawing, where the ideas of the composition and character are just touched upon, the imagination supplies more than the painter himself, probably, could produce. And we accordingly often find that the finished work disappoints the expectation that was raised from the sketch (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states grows rigid and must be warmed and softened before it will receive a deep impression (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Words should be employed as the means, not as the end: language is the instrument, conviction is the work (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) You must have no dependence on your own genius. If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The true test of all the arts, is not solely whether the production is a true copy of nature, but whether it answers the end of art, which is to produce a pleasing effect upon the mind (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) A mere copier of nature can never produce any thing great, can never raise and enlarge the conceptions, or warm the heart of the spectator (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Nature is, and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible; and from which all excellencies must originally flow (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 immoveable foundation they must ever stand (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated (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 (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) 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 from nothing (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it (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 (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Nothing can be made of nothing; he who has laid up no material can produce no combination (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Style in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Reform is a work of time; a national taste, however wrong it may be, cannot be totally changed at once (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The first degree of proficiency is, in painting, what grammar is in literature, a general preparation for whatever the student may afterward choose for more particular application. The power of drawing, modeling, and using colors, is very properly called the language of the art (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellences which are put of the reach of the rules of art: a power which no precepts can teach, and which no industry can acquire (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in habits of industry without the pleasure of perceiving those advances, which, like the hand of a clock, whilst they make hourly approaches to their point, yet proceed so slowly as to escape observation (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Every art, like our own, has in its composition fluctuating as well as fixed principles. It is an attentive inquiry into their difference that will enable us to determine how far we are influenced by custom and habit, and what is fixed in the nature of things (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) It is vain for painters... to endeavour to invent without materials on which the mind may work (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) One inconvenience... may attend bold and arduous attempts: frequent failure may discourage. This evil, however, is not more pernicious than the slow proficiency which is the natural consequence of too easy tasks (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors... though they have not the kind of harmony which is produced by a variety of broken and transparent colors, have the effect of grandeur (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) Perhaps blue, red, and yellow strike the mind more forcibly from there not being any great union between them, as martial music, which is intended to rouse the nobler passions (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 (Joshua Reynolds Quotes) The great use of copying, if it be at all useful, should seem to be in learning color; yet even coloring will never be perfectly attained by servilely copying the model before you (Joshua Reynolds Quotes)

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