Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory: nothing can come of nothing.


Discourse no. 2, delivered on December 11, 1769; vol. 1, p. 28. - Discourses on Art

Joshua Reynolds Quotes

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory:...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory:...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory:...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory:...