"I paint by all the daylight we have and that is little enough, less perhaps than you have by much... imagine to yours…"

"The sky is the 'source of light' in nature, and governs every thing. Even our common observations on the weather of e…"

"And however one's mind may be elevated, and kept us to what is excellent, by the works of the Great Masters — still N…"

"There is room enough for a natural 'painture'. The great vice of the present day is bravura, an attempt to do somethi…"

"When 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."

"I have been living a hermit-life, though always with my pencil in my hand.. .How much real delight have I had with th…"

"It is so ambiguous as to be scarcely intelligible in some parts (and those the principal), yet as a whole, it is nove…"

"But You know, Landscape is my mistress — 't is to her that I look for fame — and all that the warmth of the imaginati…"

"I have added some ploughmen to the landscape form the park pales which is a great help, but I must try and warm the p…"

"Here I am quite alone amongst the Oaks and solitudes of Helmingham Park. I have taken quiet possession of the parsona…"