Author: Joshua Reynolds

Quotes

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

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

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

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

- 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 mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

- Joshua Reynolds

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