"Constable was looking at an engraving of a house with a certain lady. She remarked that it was 'an

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"Constable was looking at an engraving of a house with a certain lady. She remarked that it was 'an ugly thing', to which he replied, 'No, Madam, there is nothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life for let the form of an object be what it may, light, shade and perspective will always make it beautiful.'"

-- Martin Gayford. Constable In Love.

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