Joshua Reynolds on Nature
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Joshua Reynolds, catalogued under nature, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Joshua Reynolds, entry #169228: "Nature is, and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible; and from which all excellencies must originally flow."
Attributed to Joshua Reynolds, entry #86206: "As the natural dignity of the subjectis less, the more the ornamental helps are necessary to its embellishments."
3 Quotes by Joshua Reynolds on Nature
"Nature is, and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible; and from which all excellencies must originally flow."
"As the natural dignity of the subjectis less, the more the ornamental helps are necessary to its embellishments."
"A painter must compensate the natural deficiencies of his art. He has but one sentence to utter, but one moment to exhibit. He cannot, like the poet or historian, expatiate."