Author: Joshua Reynolds

Quotes

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

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

- Joshua Reynolds

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

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

- Joshua Reynolds

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

- Joshua Reynolds

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

- Joshua Reynolds

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

- Joshua Reynolds

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