Joshua Reynolds Quotes

Joshua Reynolds
Joshua Reynolds
English Artist
Born: Jul 16, 1723
Died: Feb 23, 1792
Corrupts Employed Man Master Nothing Will
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The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it. Joshua Reynolds
Man Corrupts Nation He Greatest Greatest Man Taste Forms Next Who
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. Joshua Reynolds
Great You Will Deficiency Ability Supply Talents Industry Improve Moderate Them
The real character of a man is found out by his amusements. Joshua Reynolds
Character Man Out Real Real Character His Found
Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius. Joshua Reynolds
Genius Rules Would Would-Be Could Longer Taste Teach
Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing. Joshua Reynolds
Memory Invention Nothing Strictly Strictly Speaking Those More Combination New Come Been Than Which Little Speaking Images Gathered
Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work. Joshua Reynolds
Work Words Language Conviction Employed Instrument End Should Means

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