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" Without invention a Painter is but a copier, and a Poet but a plagiary of others. Both are allowed sometimes to copy and translate; but, as our author tells you, that is not the best part of their reputation. " Imitators are but a servile kind of cattle... "
The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds - Page 240
by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809
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The Art of Painting:

Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - Painters - 1716 - 504 pages
...it, none j that nothing can be done without it, all agree. 7« nibil invita dices faciefoe Minerva. Without Invention a Painter is but a Copier^ and a Poet but a Plagiary of others. Both are allow'd fometimes to copy and tranjlate -, but, as our Author tells you, that is not the beft part...
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The Art of Painting of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy

Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - Art - 1783 - 248 pages
...obtain it, none; that nothing can be done without it, all agree: Tu nihil invita dices faciefve Minerva. Without Invention a Painter is but a Copier, and a Poet but a Plagiary of others. Both are allowed fometimes to copy and tranflate; but, as our Author tells you, that is not the beft part of their reputation....
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ... Containing His ..., Volume 3

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1798 - 394 pages
...it, none; that nothing •can be done without it, all agree : Tu nihil invka dices facicsve Minerv2. Without invention a Painter is but a copier, and a Poet but a plagiary of others. Both sure allowed sometimes to copy and translate; but, as our author tells you, that is not the best part...
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The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three Parts

John Blair Linn - Genius - 1802 - 196 pages
...obtain it, none; that nothing can be done without it, all agree: In nihil invita dices faciesve Minerva. Without invention a painter is but a copier, and a poet but a plagiary of others. Dryden's Parallel between Poetry and Painting. Now rous'cl to rage she chills the soul with fear, To...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 198

1903 - 606 pages
...called ' pictorial invention,' is the very pith and marrow of the plastic arts. As Dryden has said, ' Without invention a ' painter is but a copier, and a poet but a plagiary of others.' Turner meant his work to prove that he was not a copier but an inventor. The title ' Liber Studiorum...
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The Works of William Mason, Volume 3

William Mason - English literature - 1811 - 438 pages
...teach us ; how to obtain it, none ; that nothing can be done without it, all agree : Tu nihil invitfi dices faciesve MinervS. Without invention a Painter...Imitators are but a servile kind of cattle," says the Poet : or^t best, the keepers of cattle for other men : they have nothing which is properly their own ;...
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The Works of William Mason, Volume 3

William Mason - English literature - 1811 - 432 pages
...; that nothing can be done without it, all agree : Tu nihil invita dices faciesve Minerv&. \Vithout invention a Painter is but a copier, and a Poet but...not the best part of their reputation. " Imitators arebut a servile kind of cattle," says the Poet : or at best, the keepers of cattle for other men :...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 6

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 778 pages
...characters altered by copiers and tranfcribers. j4adifr,ni One that imitates; a plagiary ; an imkator. — Without invention a painter is but a copier, and a poet but a plagiary of others. Drjd it. COPILOWATS, a large town of European Turkey, in Bulgaria. Lon. 27. 30. E. Lat. 4j. 40. N....
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The literary works [&c.]. In which is included a memoir by J ..., Volume 3

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 382 pages
...it, none ; that nothing can be done without it, all agree : Tu nihil invita dices faciesve Minerva. Without invention a Painter is but a copier, and a...you, that is not the best part of their reputation. u Imitators are but a servile kind of cattle/' says the Poet : or at best, the keepers of cattle for...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 17

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...its nativity with printing, but began when the paucity of books scarce wanted that invention. Browne. Without invention a painter is but a copier, and a...both are allowed sometimes to copy and translate. Dryden. With great impropriety, as well as plagiarism, they have most injuriously been transferred...
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