"You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do, you are all abroad, at the mercy of every gust of fashion, without knowing or seeing the point to which you ought to steer."

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Source : Sir Joshua Reynolds (1842). “The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds”, p.218

Joshua Reynolds

#Fashion Quotes #Sight Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“Really good musicians don't think of "self-reflection."”

Source : "Destroyer". Interview with Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.
“Food is one of life's really great pleasures. My 20th birthday party was all about booze, my 30th birthday was about drugs, and now I realise that my 40s are about food. It's something you appreciate more and more as you get older.”
“Yes, I am proud, and very humble too.”
“My mother is very wise and intelligent. If I have children and can do half as good a job as she did in keeping me in line, I'll be very happy.”
“Sick people, particularly those with serious conditions, greatly prefer the company of their friends and family to residence in a hospital or nursing home.”

Source : "Millions of Lives Will Be Changed By Home Health Care Cuts" by David Mixner, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 28, 2010.
“The forms of art are inexhaustible; but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy.”

Source : Clive Bell (1958). “Art”, Perigee
“You can have anything you want”
“Student journeys which were important to me were Sicily, Greece, and Egypt, where I really saw these buildings, and that is where you're able to grasp what things mean.”

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