Even though Joshua Reynolds is here thinking of painting, his lesson holds for all creative work:
The impetuosity of youth is disgusted at the slow approaches of a regular siege and desires to take the citadel by storm. They wish to find some shorter path to excellence, and hope to obtain the reward of eminence by other means than those which the indispensable rules of art have prescribed. They must, therefore, be told again and again that labor is the only price of solid fame, and that, whatever their force of genius may be, there is no easy method of becoming a good painter.
(Quoted from page 148 of Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice, by Juliette Aristides. Watson-Guptill Publications, 2008.)
For a brief biography of Joshua Reynolds, click here. For images of or relating to Joshua Reynolds, click here.
For a brief biography of Juliette Aristides, click here. For images of or relating to Juliette Aristides, click here.
The impetuosity of youth is disgusted at the slow approaches of a regular siege and desires to take the citadel by storm. They wish to find some shorter path to excellence, and hope to obtain the reward of eminence by other means than those which the indispensable rules of art have prescribed. They must, therefore, be told again and again that labor is the only price of solid fame, and that, whatever their force of genius may be, there is no easy method of becoming a good painter.
(Quoted from page 148 of Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice, by Juliette Aristides. Watson-Guptill Publications, 2008.)
For a brief biography of Joshua Reynolds, click here. For images of or relating to Joshua Reynolds, click here.
For a brief biography of Juliette Aristides, click here. For images of or relating to Juliette Aristides, click here.
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