Date: December 10, 1790; 1791
"It is an absurdity therefore to suppose we are born with this taste, though we are with the seeds of it, which by the heat and kindly influence of his genius, may be ripened in us."
preview | full record— Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)
Date: December 10, 1790; 1791
"When the Student has been habituated to this grand conception of the Art, when the relish for this stile is established, makes a part of himself, and is woven into his mind, he will, by this time, have got a power of selecting from whatever occurs in nature that is grand, and corresponds with th...
preview | full record— Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)