John ConstableThinkers

Painting is a science and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature. As such, landscape should be considered as a branch of natural philosophy, of which pictures are but experiments.

Painting is a science, a natural philosophy, and an inquiry into the laws of nature whereby pictures are but experiments.

Seeing is never really true seeing until we understand that which we are seeing.

Understanding is primary to seeing. We see nothing truly until we understand it.