What did Joshua Reynolds mean by: It is vain for painters… to endeavour to invent without materials on which the mind may work. - Joshua Reynolds Painter · England Copy
+ Nothing is denied to well-directed labor. Feraz Zeid, June 16, 2023December 12, 2023, Joshua Reynolds, Denied, Labor, 0 - Joshua Reynolds Painter · England
+ What is a well-chosen collection of pictures, but walls hung round with thoughts? Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Joshua Reynolds, Chosen, Wall, 0 - Joshua Reynolds Painter · England
+ Nothing can come of nothing; he who has laid up no materials can produce no combinations. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Joshua Reynolds, Deeds, Produce, 0 - Joshua Reynolds Painter · England
+ A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts. Feraz Zeid, September 23, 2023December 24, 2023, Joshua Reynolds, Art, Rooms, 0 - Joshua Reynolds Painter · England
+ A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. Feraz Zeid, August 23, 2023December 24, 2023, Joshua Reynolds, Originality, Produce, 0 - Joshua Reynolds Painter · England
+ Whatever trips you make, you must still have nature in your eye. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Joshua Reynolds, Eye, Travel, 0 - Joshua Reynolds Painter · England
+ It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Joshua Reynolds, Eloquence, Poor, 0 - Joshua Reynolds Painter · England
+ Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Joshua Reynolds, Art, Lying, Perfection, 0 - Joshua Reynolds Painter · England
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
