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Jonathan Richardson
5 quotes
“Painting is that pleasant amusement...being one of the means whereby we convey our ideas to each other.”
Jonathan Richardson (1667–1745) said by 1745 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Words paint to the imagination, but every man forms the thing to himself in his own way.”
Jonathan Richardson (1667–1745) said by 1745 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The theatre gives us representations of things..., and there we see a sort of moving, speaking pictures, but these are transient; whereas painting remains and is always at hand.”
Jonathan Richardson (1667–1745) said by 1745 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The pleasure that painting as a dumb art give us, is like what we have from music; its beautiful forms, colours and harmony are to the eye what sounds and the harmony...are to the ear.”
Jonathan Richardson (1667–1745) said by 1745 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In picture we never die, never decay, or grow older.”
Jonathan Richardson (1667–1745) said by 1745 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source