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Mind Quotes by Joshua Reynolds
- I am convinced that this is the only means of advancing science, of clearing the mind from a confused heap of contradictory observations, that do…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art... the minute painter would be more apt to succeed. But it is not the…
- 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…
- It is vain for painters... to endeavour to invent without materials on which the mind may work.
- 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…
- An artist who brings to his work a mind tolerably furnished with the general principles of art, and a taste formed upon the works of…
- Poetry operates by raising our curiosity, engaging the mind by degrees to take an interest in the event, keeping that event suspended, and surprising at…
More Mind Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle