"There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking."
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Joshua Reynolds
Painter
Joshua Reynolds was a prominent 18th-century British painter known for his influential portraits that captured the essence of identity and character.
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Joshua Reynolds
Painter
"The real character of a man is found out by his amusements."
Joshua Reynolds
Painter
"Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers."
Joshua Reynolds
Painter
"A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts."
Joshua Reynolds
Painter
"Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have... a mischievous tendency, by seducing the Painter to an ambition of pleasing indiscriminately the mixed multitude of people who resort to them."
Joshua Reynolds
Painter
"Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen."