Joshua Reynolds on Truth
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Joshua Reynolds, catalogued under truth, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Joshua Reynolds, entry #194794: "The true test of all the arts, is not solely whether the production is a true copy of nature, but whether it answers the end of art, which is to produce a pleasing effect upon the…"
Attributed to Joshua Reynolds, entry #200774: "A painter must not only be of necessity an imitator of the works of nature...but he must be as necessarily an imitator of the works of other painters: this appears more humiliatin…"
2 Quotes by Joshua Reynolds on Truth
"The true test of all the arts, is not solely whether the production is a true copy of nature, but whether it answers the end of art, which is to produce a pleasing effect upon the mind."
"A painter must not only be of necessity an imitator of the works of nature...but he must be as necessarily an imitator of the works of other painters: this appears more humiliating, but is equally true; and no man can be an artist, whatever he may suppose, upon any other terms."