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The Parish makes the constable, and when the constable is made, he governs the Parish.
— John Selden
But You know Landscape is my mistress - 'tis to her that I look for fame - and all that the warmth of the imagination renders dear to Man.
— 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 of Boucher ...
— John Constable
The sky is the source of light in Nature and it governs everything.
— 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
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
Light - dews - breezes - bloom - and freshness; not one of which ... has yet been perfected on the canvas of any painter in the world.
— John Constable
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.
— 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.
— John Constable
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Barbara [Stanwyck] was the first woman I ever loved.
— Robert Wagner
Turner has outdone himself; he seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy.
— John Constable
When you're up there hundreds of people will claim you as a friend. When you're down, you're lucky if one will buy you a cup of coffee.
— Stan Redding
Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity.
— John Constable
Connoisseurs think the art is already done.
— John Constable
Painting is with me but another word for feeling.
— John Constable
Only think that I am now writing in a room full of Claudes ... almost of the summit of my earthly ambitions.
— John Constable
I've gotten to do a lot of weird stuff,
— January Jones