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John Constable was an English landscape painter renowned for his detailed depictions of the English countryside. His works are characterized by their use of natural light and color, showcasing the tranquility and harmony of the English landscape.

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Famous John Constable Quotes

“Turner has outdone himself; he seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy.”

Seems Masters Paint Steam Airy Turner

Book:John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science

Source: John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science

“I paint by all the daylight we have and that is little enough, less perhaps than you have by much... imagine to yourself how a purl must look through a burnt glass.”

Looks Littles Enough Imagine Paint Glasses Daylight

Book:Correspondence

Source: Correspondence

“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 everything poetical; he tells us of poor Tom's haunts among "sheep cotes and mills." As long as I do paint, I shall never cease to paint such places. They have always been my delight.”

Long Sound Water Poor Paint Delight Cease Posts Sheep Toms Rotten Escaping Mills Dams Sound Of Water

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 all that lies on the banks of the Stour; those scenes made me a painter, and I am grateful; that is, I had often thought of pictures of them before ever I touched a pencil, and your picture ['The White Horse'] is one of the strongest instance I can recollect of it.”

Should Made Stills I Can Feelings Lying My Own White Painting Scene Horse Grateful Paint Painter Instance Touched Strongest Associates Pencils Careless I Am Grateful Boyhood White Horse

Author:John Constable

“My canvas soothes me into forgetfulness of the scene of turmoil and folly - and worse - of the scene around me. Every gleam of sunshine is blighted to me in the art at least. Can it therefore be wondered at that I paint continual storms? "Tempest o'er tempest roll'd" - still the "darkness" is majestic.”

Art Stills Darkness Scene Paint Storm Folly Sunshine Canvas Forgetfulness Turmoil Tempest Gleam Majestic

Author:John Constable

About the Author

Born: June 11, 1776
Died: March 31, 1837
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 48

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Delphi Collected Works of John Constable (Illustrated)Related source material

John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and ScienceRelated source material

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Constable: Impressions of Land, Sea and SkyRelated source material

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