 The greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what...  The Discourses - Side 81av Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1887 - 283 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Thomas Sturge Moore - 1905 - 474 sider
...subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own will soon be reduced to the poorest of all imitations, he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what he has often before repeated. The truth is, he whose feebleness is such as to make other men's thoughts an... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1909 - 518 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock : he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness to the poorest of all imitations ; he \rUi be obliged to imitate himself, and repeat what he has before often repeated." — Discourse 6.... | |
 | 1879 - 610 sider
...the words of Reynolds, which we have quoted before : ' He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own will be soon reduced from mere barrenness to the poorest imitation ; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what he has often before repeated.'... | |
 | Ward W. Briggs - 1980 - 124 sider
...Geymonat (Turin, 1973). INTRODUCTION He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will soon be reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged to repeat himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated.1 Virgil's work is surely not barren... | |
 | Dean Keith Simonton - 1994 - 518 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock: he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work... | |
 | Z. Radman - 1996 - 208 sider
...stock: he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere bareness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged...and to repeat what he has before often repeated.« (Reynolds, 1971 /1797: 105) Locke's epistemological views, and particularly his conception of the mind... | |
 | Dean Keith Simonton - 1999 - 321 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock: he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness,...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work... | |
 | Stephen J Kraus, Stephen Kraus - 2002 - 198 sider
...physicist Isaac Newton. As Joshua Reynolds put it, "He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own will be ... obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated." We saw earlier that highly successful people are adept at combining unusual ideas in unique ways, and... | |
 | Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 sider
...pursuits. -John Locke, 1632-1704He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own will be soon reduced to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged...himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. - Joshua Reynolds, 1723-1792 Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but follow... | |
 | 1839 - 348 sider
...greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock. He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imi74 tations : he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated.... | |
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