This Man was Hired to Depress Art. This is the opinion of Will Blake.

Having spent the Vigour of my Youth and Genius under the Oppression of Sir Joshua and his Gang of Cunning Hired Knaves, Without Employment and as much as could possibly be Without Bread, The Reader must Expect to Read in all my Remarks on these Books Nothing but Indignation & Resentment.

Reynolds writes: "The wish of the genuine painter must be more extensive: instead of endeavouring to amuse mankind with the minute neatness of his imitations, he must endeavour to improve them by the grandeur of his ideas."

I say: Grandeur of Ideas is founded on Precision of Ideas. Without Minute Neatness of Execution, the Sublime is nothing but a vague and empty dream. Execution is the Chariot of Genius.

To Generalize is to be an Idiot. To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit. General Knowledges are those Knowledges that Idiots possess.

Man is Born Like a Garden ready Planted & Sown. This World is too poor to produce one Seed.