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J.V. Constable Quotes: "Light - dews - breezes - bloom - and freshness; not one of which... has yet been perfected on the canvas of any painter in the world."

Light - dews - breezes - bloom - and freshness; not one of which... has yet been perfected on the canvas of any painter in the world.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "It will be difficult to name a class of landscape in which the sky is not the key note, the standard of scale, and the chief organ of sentiment."

It will be difficult to name a class of landscape in which the sky is not the key note, the standard of scale, and the chief organ of sentiment.




J.V. Constable Quotes: "It is the soul that sees; the outward eyes Present the object, but the Mind descries. We see nothing till we truly understand it."

It is the soul that sees; the outward eyes Present the object, but the Mind descries. We see nothing till we truly understand it.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "The sound of water escaping from mill-dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork.those scenes made me a painter and I am grateful."

The sound of water escaping from mill-dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork.those scenes made me a painter and I am grateful.




J.V. Constable Quotes: "The sky is the source of light in Nature and it governs everything."

The sky is the source of light in Nature and it governs everything.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "We see nothing till we truly understand it."

We see nothing till we truly understand it.



J.V. 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."

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.




J.V. Constable Quotes: "An artist who is self-taught is taught by a very ignorant person indeed."

An artist who is self-taught is taught by a very ignorant person indeed.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "Turner has outdone himself; he seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy."

Turner has outdone himself; he seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity."

Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "My lady's presence makes the roses red, because to see her lips they blush for shame."

My lady's presence makes the roses red, because to see her lips they blush for shame.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "Connoisseurs think the art is already done."

Connoisseurs think the art is already done.




J.V. Constable Quotes: "But You know Landscape is my mistress - 'tis to her that I look for fame - and all that the warmth of the imagination renders dear to Man."

But You know Landscape is my mistress - 'tis to her that I look for fame - and all that the warmth of the imagination renders dear to Man.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "A gentleman's park is my aversion. It is not beauty because it is not nature."

A gentleman's park is my aversion. It is not beauty because it is not nature.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "Painting is with me but another word for feeling."

Painting is with me but another word for feeling.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "I never saw an ugly thing in my life."

I never saw an ugly thing in my life.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "We must bear in recollection that the sentiment of the picture is that of solemnity, not gaiety & nothing garish, but the contrary - yet it must be bright, clear, alive fresh, and all the front seen."

We must bear in recollection that the sentiment of the picture is that of solemnity, not gaiety & nothing garish, but the contrary - yet it must be bright, clear, alive fresh, and all the front seen.



J.V. 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."

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.



J.V. 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."

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.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "I know very well what I am about and that my skies have not been neglected, though they often failed in execution - and often no doubt from over anxiety about them."

I know very well what I am about and that my skies have not been neglected, though they often failed in execution - and often no doubt from over anxiety about them.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting."

I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting.



J.V. 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."

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.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "I do not consider myself at work unless I am before a six-foot canvas."

I do not consider myself at work unless I am before a six-foot canvas.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "I don't mind parting with the corn, but not with the field in which it was raised."

I don't mind parting with the corn, but not with the field in which it was raised.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "all the gods are the same unknowable mystery, just as each face of a jewel strikes light in a different direction"

all the gods are the same unknowable mystery, just as each face of a jewel strikes light in a different direction



J.V. Constable Quotes: "This life is a dance, not a battle. We are all part of this world, not masters of it."

This life is a dance, not a battle. We are all part of this world, not masters of it.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "Only think that I am now writing in a room full of Claudes... almost of the summit of my earthly ambitions."

Only think that I am now writing in a room full of Claudes... almost of the summit of my earthly ambitions.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "One of the best signs of being fitted for power is reluctance to hold it."

One of the best signs of being fitted for power is reluctance to hold it.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "It seems to me them that sees an evil thing unfold and don't do nothin' to prevent it, are just as bad as them that does the evil."

It seems to me them that sees an evil thing unfold and don't do nothin' to prevent it, are just as bad as them that does the evil.



J.V. 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."

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.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "A sketch will not serve more than one state of mind & will not serve to drink at again & again — in a sketch there is nothing but the one state of mind — that which you were in at the time."

A sketch will not serve more than one state of mind & will not serve to drink at again & again — in a sketch there is nothing but the one state of mind — that which you were in at the time.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "The world is rid of Lord Byron, but the deadly slime of his touch still remains."

The world is rid of Lord Byron, but the deadly slime of his touch still remains.



J.V. 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."

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



J.V. Constable Quotes: "No man who can do any one thing well will be able to any different thing equally well."

No man who can do any one thing well will be able to any different thing equally well.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "My art flatters nobody by imitation, it courts nobody by smoothness, nobody by petitelieness without either fal-de-lal or fiddle-de-dee; how then can I hope to be popular?"

My art flatters nobody by imitation, it courts nobody by smoothness, nobody by petitelieness without either fal-de-lal or fiddle-de-dee; how then can I hope to be popular?



J.V. Constable Quotes: "Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature."

Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "The landscape painter must walk in the fields with a humble mind. No arrogant man was ever permitted to see Nature in all her beauty."

The landscape painter must walk in the fields with a humble mind. No arrogant man was ever permitted to see Nature in all her beauty.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "Ingenuousness is skewed by the cracks in the mirrors of the eye caused by the blunders of the insincere"

Ingenuousness is skewed by the cracks in the mirrors of the eye caused by the blunders of the insincere



J.V. Constable Quotes: "If you hold back for fear of making a mistake you will never accomplish what you must.And with each challenge you will become stronger."

If you hold back for fear of making a mistake you will never accomplish what you must.And with each challenge you will become stronger.



J.V. Constable Quotes: "No one really wants you, they only want the idea of you."

No one really wants you, they only want the idea of you.