“Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.”

“Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.”

“A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.”

“Simplicity is an exact medium between too little and too much.”

“The following Discourse [on art, by Sir Joshua Reynolds] is particularly Interesting to Blockheads as it endeavours to prove that There is No such thing as Inspiration & that any Man of a plain Understanding may by Thieving from Others become a Mich Angelo.”