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> [If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/if-you-have-great-talents-industry-will-improve-them-if-you-have-but/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

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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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/a-painter-must-compensate-the-natural-deficiencies-of-his-art-he-has/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

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> [By leaving a student to himself he may... be led to undertake matters above his strength, but the trial will at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/by-leaving-a-student-to-himself-he-may-be-led-to-undertake-matters/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

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## Other authors on Deficiency

## More by Joshua Reynolds

> [Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/words-should-be-employed-as-the-means-not-the-end-language-is-the/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [Grandeur of effect is produced by two different ways which seem entirely opposed to each other. One is by reducing the colors to little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/grandeur-of-effect-is-produced-by-two-different-ways-which-seem/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [And he who does not know himself does not know others, so it may be said with equal truth, that he who does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/and-he-who-does-not-know-himself-does-not-know-others-so-it-may-be/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/if-you-have-great-talents-industry-will-improve-them-if-you-have-but/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [Certainly, nothing can be more simple than monotony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/certainly-nothing-can-be-more-simple-than-monotony/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [The real character of a man is found out by his amusements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/the-real-character-of-a-man-is-found-out-by-his-amusements/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/a-mere-copier-of-nature-can-never-produce-anything-great/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [The general ideas which are expressed in sketches, correspond very well to the art often used in poetry... every reader making out the detail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/the-general-ideas-which-are-expressed-in-sketches-correspond-very/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/all-the-gestures-of-children-are-graceful-the-reign-of-distortion-and/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [Our studies will be forever, in a very great degree, under the direction of chance; like travelers, we must take what we can get,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/our-studies-will-be-forever-in-a-very-great-degree-under-the/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [Style in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/style-in-painting-is-the-same-as-in-writing-a-power-over-materials/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors... though they have not the kind of harmony which is produced by a variety of broken and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/the-distinct-blue-red-and-yellow-colors-though-they-have-not-the-kind/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [I do not see in what manner practice alone can be sufficient for the production of correct, excellent, and finished pictures. Works deserving this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/i-do-not-see-in-what-manner-practice-alone-can-be-sufficient-for-the/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/there-can-be-no-doubt-but-that-he-who-has-the-most-materials-has-the/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

> [Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/excellence-is-never-granted-to-man-but-as-the-reward-of-labour/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

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