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> [ I am glad you encouraged me with the 'Stoke' \[his painting 'Stoke-by-Nayland', circa 1835\] What say you to a summer morning? July… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/i-am-glad-you-encouraged-me-with-the-stoke-his-painting-stoke-by/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

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> [Light - dews - breezes - bloom - and freshness; not one of which... has yet been perfected on the canvas of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/light-dews-breezes-bloom-and-freshness-not-one-of-which-has-yet-been/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

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> [I ought to respect myself for my friends' sake, and my children's. It is time, at fifty-six, to begin, at least, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/i-ought-to-respect-myself-for-my-friends-sake-and-my-children-s-it-is/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

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## Other authors on Dew

## More by John Constable

> [There has never been a boy painter, nor can there be. The art requires a long apprenticeship, being mechanical, as well as intellectual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/there-has-never-been-a-boy-painter-nor-can-there-be-the-art-requires/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [I am anxious that the world should be inclined to look to painters for information about painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/i-am-anxious-that-the-world-should-be-inclined-to-look-to-painters/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [We see nothing till we truly understand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/we-see-nothing-till-we-truly-understand-it/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/i-am-anxious-that-the-world-should-be-inclined-to-look-to-painters-2/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/painting-is-a-science-and-should-be-pursued-as-an-inquiry-into-the/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [I do not consider myself at work unless I am before a six-foot canvas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/i-do-not-consider-myself-at-work-unless-i-am-before-a-six-foot-canvas/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [The climax of absurdity to which art may be carried when led away from nature by fashion, may be best seen in the works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/the-climax-of-absurdity-to-which-art-may-be-carried-when-led-away/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [It is much to my advantage that several of my pictures should be seen together, as it displays to advantage their varieties of conception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/it-is-much-to-my-advantage-that-several-of-my-pictures-should-be-seen/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [When we speak of the perfection of art, we must recollect what the materials are with which a painter contends with nature. For the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/when-we-speak-of-the-perfection-of-art-we-must-recollect-what-the/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [The sound of water escaping from mill dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork, I love such things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/the-sound-of-water-escaping-from-mill-dams-etc-willows-old-rotten/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [But the sound of water escaping from mill-dams, &c., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork, I love such things. Shakespeare could make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/but-the-sound-of-water-escaping-from-mill-dams-c-willows-old-rotten/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/it-is-always-my-endeavour-however-in-making-a-picture-that-it-should/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [Still I should paint my own places best; painting is with me but another word for feeling, and I associate "my careless boyhood" with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/still-i-should-paint-my-own-places-best-painting-is-with-me-but/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [The landscape painter must walk in the fields with a humble mind. No arrogant man was ever permitted to see Nature in all her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/the-landscape-painter-must-walk-in-the-fields-with-a-humble-mind-no/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

> [I paint by all the daylight we have and that is little enough, less perhaps than you have by much... imagine to yourself how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-constable/i-paint-by-all-the-daylight-we-have-and-that-is-little-enough-less/)

[John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-constable/)

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