Doubt Quote by Joshua Reynolds

“There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention...”

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Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.

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Grandeur of effect is produced by two different ways which seem entirely opposed to each other. One is by reducing the colors to little…

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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 does not…

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If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

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Certainly, nothing can be more simple than monotony.

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The real character of a man is found out by his amusements…

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A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

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The general ideas which are expressed in sketches, correspond very well to the art often used in poetry... every reader making out the detail…

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All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.

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Our studies will be forever, in a very great degree, under the direction of chance; like travelers, we must take what we can get,…

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

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The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors... though they have not the kind of harmony which is produced by a variety of broken and…

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