But You know, Landscape is my mistress - 't is to her that I look for fame - and all that the warmth of the imagination renders dear to Man. (John Constable)

But You know, Landscape is my mistress - 't is to her that I look for fame - and all that the warmth of the imagination renders dear to Man.

John Constable

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