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Constable, John - An 'ugly thing'
Identifier
013358
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
C R Leslie - Life 1843
When a lady who was looking at an engraving of a house, called it an 'ugly thing', John Constable 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'.