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A painter must not only be of necessity an imitator of the works of nature... but he must be as necessarily an imitator of the works of other painters: this appears more humiliating, but is equally true; and no man can be an artist, whatever he may suppose, upon any other terms.
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The true test of all the arts, is not solely whether the production is a true copy of nature, but whether it answers the end of art, which is to produce a pleasing effect upon the mind.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Born:
July 16, 1723
Died:
February 23, 1792
(aged 68)
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