John Constable
Artist
1776-06-11
Quotes by John Constable
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The sky is the source of light in nature - and governs everything.
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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.
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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 all the world; and the genuine productions of art, like those of nature, are all distinct from each other.
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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.
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Connoisseurs think the art is already done.
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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.
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