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> [However minutely labored the picture may be in the detail, the whole will have a false and even an unfinished appearance, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/however-minutely-labored-the-picture-may-be-in-the-detail-the-whole/)

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

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> [It is vain for painters... to endeavour to invent without materials on which the mind may work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/it-is-vain-for-painters-to-endeavour-to-invent-without-materials-on/)

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

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> [And he who does not know himself does not know others, so it may be said with equal truth, that he who…](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/)

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> [In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/in-portraits-the-grace-and-we-may-add-the-likeness-consists-more-in/)

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

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> [Reform is a work of time; a national taste, however wrong it may be, cannot be totally changed at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/reform-is-a-work-of-time-a-national-taste-however-wrong-it-may-be/)

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

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> [Though colour may appear at first a part of painting merely mechanical, yet it still has its rules, and those grounded upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/though-colour-may-appear-at-first-a-part-of-painting-merely/)

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

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> [The first degree of proficiency is, in painting, what grammar is in literature, a general preparation for whatever the student may afterward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/the-first-degree-of-proficiency-is-in-painting-what-grammar-is-in/)

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

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> [A painter must not only be of necessity an imitator of the works of nature... but he must be as necessarily an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/a-painter-must-not-only-be-of-necessity-an-imitator-of-the-works-of/)

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

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> [One inconvenience... may attend bold and arduous attempts: frequent failure may discourage. This evil, however, is not more pernicious than the slow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/one-inconvenience-may-attend-bold-and-arduous-attempts-frequent/)

[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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> [Let me recommend to you not to have too great dependence on your practice or memory, however strong those impressions may have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/let-me-recommend-to-you-not-to-have-too-great-dependence-on-your/)

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

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> [In the practice of art... it is necessary to keep a watchful and jealous eye over ourselves; idleness, assuming the specious disguise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/in-the-practice-of-art-it-is-necessary-to-keep-a-watchful-and-jealous/)

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

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> [Those who, either from their own engagements and hurry of business, or from indolence, or from conceit and vanity, have neglected looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/those-who-either-from-their-own-engagements-and-hurry-of-business-or/)

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

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## Other authors on May

## 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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