Joshua Reynolds Quote

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 from nothing.


Seven Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy (ed. 1778)


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;...