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John Constable Quotes

I never saw an ugly thing in my life Picture Quote #1

A gentleman’s park is my aversion. It is not beauty because it is not nature Picture Quote #1

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful Picture Quote #1

I have likewise made many ‘skies’ and effects - for I wish it could be said of me as Fuselli says of Rembrandt, ‘he followed nature in her calmest abodes and could pluck a flower on every hedge - yet he was born to cast a steadfast eye on the bolder phenomena of nature’... We have had noble clouds and effects of light and dark and color Picture Quote #1

The climax of absurdity to which art may be carried when led away from nature by fashion, may be best seen in the works of Boucher Picture Quote #1

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful Picture Quote #1

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He seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent, and so airy Picture Quote #1

We see nothing truly till we understand it Picture Quote #1

Painting is with me but another word for feeling Picture Quote #1

We see nothing till we truly understand it Picture Quote #1

Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity Picture Quote #1

Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature. Why, then, may not landscape painting be considered as a branch of natural philosophy, of which pictures are but the experiments? Picture Quote #1

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Turner has outdone himself; he seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy Picture Quote #1

The world is wide; no two days are alike, nor even two hours; neither were there ever two leaves of a tree alike since the creation of the world; and the genuine productions of art, like those of nature, are all distinct from one another Picture Quote #1

There has never been a boy painter, nor can there be. The art requires a long apprenticeship, being mechanical, as well as intellectual Picture Quote #1

I don’t mind parting with the corn, but not with the field in which it was raised Picture Quote #1

There is nothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful Picture Quote #1

My observations on clouds and skies are on scraps and bits of paper, and I have never yet put them together so as to form a lecture, which I shall do... Next summer Picture Quote #1

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It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition Picture Quote #1

I paint by all the daylight we have and that is little enough, less perhaps than you have by much... Imagine to yourself how a purl must look through a burnt glass Picture Quote #1

Verse is a mechanism by which we can create interpretative illusions suggesting profoundities of response and understanding which far exceed the engagement or research of the writer Picture Quote #1

When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture Picture Quote #1

No man who can do any one thing well will be able to any different thing equally well Picture Quote #1

Constable himself knew the value of such studies, for he rarely parted with them. He used to say of his studies and pictures that he had no objection to part with the corn, but not with the field that grew it Picture Quote #1

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A gentleman’s park is my aversion. It is not beauty because it is not nature Picture Quote #1

I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting Picture Quote #1

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I never saw an ugly thing in my life (John Constable Quotes) A gentleman’s park is my aversion. It is not beauty because it is not nature. (John Constable Quotes) I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. (John Constable Quotes) I have likewise made many ‘skies’ and effects - for I wish it could be said of me as Fuselli says of Rembrandt, ‘he followed nature in her calmest abodes and could pluck a flower on every hedge - yet he was born to cast a steadfast eye on the bolder phenomena of nature’... We have had noble clouds and effects of light and dark and color (John Constable Quotes) The climax of absurdity to which art may be carried when led away from nature by fashion, may be best seen in the works of Boucher (John Constable Quotes) I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful (John Constable Quotes) He seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent, and so airy (John Constable Quotes) We see nothing truly till we understand it (John Constable Quotes) Painting is with me but another word for feeling (John Constable Quotes) We see nothing till we truly understand it (John Constable Quotes) Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity (John Constable Quotes) Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature. Why, then, may not landscape painting be considered as a branch of natural philosophy, of which pictures are but the experiments? (John Constable Quotes) Turner has outdone himself; he seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy (John Constable Quotes) The world is wide; no two days are alike, nor even two hours; neither were there ever two leaves of a tree alike since the creation of the world; and the genuine productions of art, like those of nature, are all distinct from one another (John Constable Quotes) There has never been a boy painter, nor can there be. The art requires a long apprenticeship, being mechanical, as well as intellectual (John Constable Quotes) I don’t mind parting with the corn, but not with the field in which it was raised (John Constable Quotes) There is nothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful (John Constable Quotes) My observations on clouds and skies are on scraps and bits of paper, and I have never yet put them together so as to form a lecture, which I shall do... Next summer (John Constable Quotes) It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition (John Constable Quotes) I paint by all the daylight we have and that is little enough, less perhaps than you have by much... Imagine to yourself how a purl must look through a burnt glass (John Constable Quotes) Verse is a mechanism by which we can create interpretative illusions suggesting profoundities of response and understanding which far exceed the engagement or research of the writer (John Constable Quotes) When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture (John Constable Quotes) No man who can do any one thing well will be able to any different thing equally well (John Constable Quotes) Constable himself knew the value of such studies, for he rarely parted with them. He used to say of his studies and pictures that he had no objection to part with the corn, but not with the field that grew it (John Constable Quotes) A gentleman’s park is my aversion. It is not beauty because it is not nature (John Constable Quotes) I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting (John Constable Quotes)

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