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John 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.


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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.

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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



We see nothing till we truly understand it.

We see nothing till we truly understand it.



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.



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.



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.





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