The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.

Quote by Joshua Reynolds

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Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and...

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and...

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

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

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

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

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences...

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences...

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.

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest...

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest...

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real...

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have...

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

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

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

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

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest...

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest...

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real...

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real...

All effort is in the last analysis sustained by faith that it is worth making

All effort is in the last analysis sustained by faith that it is worth making

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Girls just want a guy who cares about her and puts in the effort to...

Girls just want a guy who cares about her and puts in the effort to...

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.

Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.

Sometimes I do smart things. Sometimes I do dumb things. Most of the time I...

Sometimes I do smart things. Sometimes I do dumb things. Most of the time I...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...