"Connoisseurs think the art is already done." — John Constable
"Connoisseurs think the art is already done."
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23 Quotes by John Constable
John Constable has 23 quotes on this site.
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Painting is with me but another word for feeling.
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Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature. Why, then, may not…
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I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may…
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The world is wide; no two days are alike, nor even two hours; neither were there ever two leaves of…
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The world is rid of Lord Byron, but the deadly slime of his touch still remains.
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There has never been a boy painter, nor can there be. The art requires a long apprenticeship, being mechanical, as…
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When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget…
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A sketch will not serve more than one state of mind & will not serve to drink at again &…
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We see nothing till we truly understand it.
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The output is far from smooth, and the impact on dispatchable plant required to deal with residual demand is highly…
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The sound of water escaping from mill-dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork.those scenes made me a…
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I know very well what I am about and that my skies have not been neglected, though they often failed…
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Consider who and what you are; who the Spirit is that is grieved, what he has done for you, what…
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