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Joshua Reynolds was an influential English painter, recognized for his portraits and landscapes. Born on July 16, 1723, and passing away on February 23, 1792, Reynolds played a significant role in the development of the English portrait school and is often considered the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts.

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Famous Joshua Reynolds Quotes

“In the practice of art... it is necessary to keep a watchful and jealous eye over ourselves; idleness, assuming the specious disguise of industry... may be employed to evade and shuffle off real labor - the real labor of thinking.”

Thinking May Art Real Eye Practice Industry Labor Assuming Jealous Disguise Employed Idleness Shuffle

Book:The Life and Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Source: The Life and Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

“Nothing is denied to well-directed labor.”

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Book:The Life and Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Source: The Life and Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

“There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.”

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Author:Joshua Reynolds

“Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in habits of industry without the pleasure of perceiving those advances, which, like the hand of a clock, whilst they make hourly approaches to their point, yet proceed so slowly as to escape observation.”

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Book:Seven Discourses on Art

Source: Seven Discourses on Art

“The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.”

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Book:The Life and Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Source: The Life and Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds