He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated.
Joshua ReynoldsThere is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
Joshua ReynoldsStyle in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed.
Joshua Reynolds