We see nothing till we truly understand it.

- John Constable

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

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…

- John Constable

I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting. I hope to show that ours is a regularly taught pro…

- John Constable

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

- John Constable

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 o…

- John Constable

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

- John Constable

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.

- John Constable

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

- John Constable