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.
We see nothing till we truly understand it. - John Constable
We see nothing till we truly understand it.
- 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
It is the soul that sees; the outward eyes Present the object, but the Mind descries. 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. - 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.
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
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…
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
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…
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
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…
An artist who is self-taught is taught by a very ignorant person indeed. - John Constable
An artist who is self-taught is taught by a very ignorant person indeed.
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
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.
The sky is the source of light in Nature and it governs everything. - John Constable
The sky is the source of light in Nature and it governs everything.
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