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Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.
Joshua Reynolds
Joshua Reynolds
Joshua Reynolds
Born: Jul 16, 1723
Died: Feb 23, 1792

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Genius, Rules, Would, Would-Be, Could, Longer, Taste, Teach

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