I know very well what I am about, & that my skies have not been neglected, though they often failed in execution — and often, no doubt, from an over-anxiety about them — which will alone destroy that easy appearance which nature always has — in all her movements.


Letter to Rev. John Fisher (23 October 1821), from John Constable's Correspondence, part 6, pp. 76-78 - from Letters

John Constable Quotes

I know very well what I am about, & that my skies have not been neglected, though they often failed in execution — and often, no doubt, from an...

I know very well what I am about, & that my skies have not been neglected, though they often failed in execution — and often, no doubt, from an...

I know very well what I am about, & that my skies have not been neglected, though they often failed in execution — and often, no doubt, from an...

I know very well what I am about, & that my skies have not been neglected, though they often failed in execution — and often, no doubt, from an...