Joshua Reynolds Quotes

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

Joshua Reynolds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 16, 1723 - February 23, 1792

Topics

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In my opinion, any navy less than that which would give us the habitual command of our own coast and seas would be little short of useless.

John C. Calhoun

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Health care has become a political football that is being tossed back and forth by both sides in Washington. And it's divided our country.

Matthew Heineman

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My influences in this world have always been Crazy Horse and Malcolm X, my overall influences. But I was influenced by rock n' roll, blues, and country music. I was influenced by singers.

John Trudell

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When you start hiding things away, that's when the darkness creeps up. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Steve Kazee

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A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.

Sigmund Freud

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I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends.

Rooney Mara

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One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

Lou Reed

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Growing up in the Midwest, people don't drive Porsches and Ferraris. They drive Fords and Chevys. And so even if you have the opportunity to buy a more expensive car, it doesn't occur to you because it's not what you relate to.

Luke Perry

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A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

Lucian Freud

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When your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.

Cory Booker

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We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.

Cofer Black

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It doesn't matter whether it's television or films or the theater. I just have to believe in what I'm doing. If I don't believe in it, I won't do it.

Sheryl Lee

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