Joshua Reynolds Quotes
Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellencies, which are out of the reach of the rules of art.
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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Through a painting we can see the whole world.
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To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
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The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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I'm 34 years old. In most jobs, your early 30s to early 40s are your power years.
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There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.
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I do love the clothes on 'Mad Men' because my character has been so elegant and I would never have had access to these clothes. I think Janie Bryant is a costume designing genius. They'll call and tell me, 'It will only take an hour,' and I'm like, 'I will try on the whole truck!'
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I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.
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I love making healthy lean foods delicious - that's an art!
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The most important ethical issues and the most difficult ones are the human ones because a reporter has enormous power to hurt people.
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On the one hand, she is cut off from the protection awarded to her sisters abroad; on the other, she has no such power to defend her interests at the polls, as is the heritage of her brothers at home.
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The West has demonstrated its ability in the past to project power and move troops to distant regions.
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Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.
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Two great talkers will not travel far together.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.
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If, therefore, there is any one superior in virtue and in the power of performing the best actions, him we ought to follow and obey, but he must have the capacity for action as well as virtue.
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Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellencies, which are out of the reach of the rules of art.
