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You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do, you are all abroad, at the mercy of every gust of fashion, without knowing or seeing the point to which you ought to steer.

Joshua Reynolds
Fashion, Sight, Knowing
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1842). “The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds”, p.218
You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do, you are all abroad, at the mercy of every gust of fashion, without knowing or seeing the point to which you ought to steer.