There has never been a boy painter, nor can there be. The art requires a long apprenticeship, being mechanical, as well as intellectual.
John ConstableWhen 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 ConstableVerse is a mechanism by which we can create interpretative illusions suggesting profoundities of response and understanding which far exceed the engagement or research of the writer.
John Constable