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It is impossible that anything will be well understood or well done that is taken into a reluctant understanding, and executed with a servile hand.
Joshua Reynolds
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Joshua Reynolds
Age: 69 †
Born: 1723
Born: January 1
Died: 1792
Died: January 1
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The painter of genius will not waste a moment upon those smaller objects which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract his great design of speaking to the heart.
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Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.
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Art in its perfection is not ostentatious it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.
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There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
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The excellence of every art, must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose
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Let me recommend to you not to have too great dependence on your practice or memory, however strong those impressions may have been which are there deposited. They are forever wearing out, and will be at least obliterated, unless they are continually refreshed and repaired.
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