91 Quotes by Joshua Reynolds

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

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

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

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

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.

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

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

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

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