John Constable Quote

It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition.

Letter to a client, Mr Carpenter (23 July 1828), as quoted in Leslie Parris and Ian Fleming-Williams, Constable (Tate Gallery Publications, London, 1993), p. 291 - from Letters

It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition.

It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition.

It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition.

It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition.