"We must remember that everything depends on how we use a material, not on the material itself... New materials are not necessarily superior. Each material is only what we make it."

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When we speak of the perfection of art, we must recollect what the materials are with which a painter contends with nature. For the light of the sun he has but patent yellow and white lead - for the darkest shade, umber or soot.

— John Constable