The Artist's Repository, Or, Encyclopedia of the Fine Arts (Band 1): The Human Figure (London, 1808)

LECT. IV.] HISTORY OP ART. SQ

manner, touch, and spirit, to every object ; if so,
then only some objects ought to be highly covered ;
for all can not require it : if those which do not re-
quire it have already had as much attention paid them
as you can possibly bestow, what further remains for
those which are principal ? the powers of finishing
like those of force are not to be lavished; they
must be kept in store, for where they are wanted ; it is
better, therefore, to proceed gradually in respect of
finishing, not to over-do the minor parts, but to
carry a steady eye throughout the whole ; and to
wait for that success which good principles assisted
by ready practice never fail to produce.

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