All great song, from the first day when human lips contrived syllables, has been sincere song. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Of all the pulpits from which human voice is ever sent forth, there is none from which it reaches so far as… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
... no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of men to be guided by balances of expediency, but by balances… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
One of the worst diseases to which the human creature is liable is its disease of thinking. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The eye is continually influenced by what it cannot detect; nay, it is not going too far, to say that it is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Wherever the human mind is healthy and vigorous in all its proportions, great in imagination and emotion no less than in intellect,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
No divine terror will ever be found in the work of the man who wastes a colossal strength in elaborating toys; for… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
God will put up with a great many things in the human heart, but there is one thing that He will not… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It was stated, . . . that the value of architecture depended on two distinct characters:--the one, the impression it receives from… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In all things that live there are certain irregularities, and deficiencies which are not only signs of life, but sources of beauty.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Every good piece of art... involves first essentially the evidence of human skill, and the formation of an actually beautiful thing by… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a landscape painter, it is love of hills and trees… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is, indeed, right that we should look for, and hasten, so far as in us lies, the coming of the day… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
And thus, in full, there are four classes: the men who feel nothing, and therefore see truly; the men who feel strongly,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
All the best things and treasures of this world are not to be produced by each generation for itself; but we are… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The word "Blue" does not mean the sensation caused by a gentian on the human eye; but it means the power of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The fact of our deriving constant pleasure from whatever is a type or semblance of divine attributes, and from nothing but that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
God shows us in Himself, strange as it may seem, not only authoritative perfection, but even the perfection of obedience--an obedience to… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Superstition, in all times and among all nations, is the fear of a spirit whose passions are those of a man, whose… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Education is the leading human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them; and these two objects… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Human work must be done honourably and thoroughly, because we are now Men; whether we ever expect to be angels, or were… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The art of drawing which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing...should be taught to every… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Science deals exclusively with things as they are in themselves; and art exclusively with things as they affect the human sense and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Every human action gains in honor, in grace, in all true magnificence, by its regard to things that are to come. It… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Occult Theft,--Theft which hides itself even from itself, and is legal, respectable, and cowardly,--corrupts the body and soul of man, to the last fibre… — John Ruskin Copy Share
Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life. — John Ruskin Copy Share
Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but it overflows… — John Ruskin Copy Share
As in the instances of alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, and other such popular creeds, political economy, has a plausible idea at the root of it. — John Ruskin Copy Share
I am far more provoked at being thought foolish by foolish people, than pleased at being thought sensible by sensible people; and the average… — John Ruskin Copy Share
When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants… — John Ruskin Copy Share
It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper… — John Ruskin Copy Share
It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an… — John Ruskin Copy Share
“You may trust to the truth of my sympathy; but you must remember that I am engaged in the investigation of enormous religious and… — John Ruskin Copy Share
And remember, child, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; or nobly, which is done in pride. — John Ruskin Copy Share
The world is full of vulgar Purists, who bring discredit on all selection by the silliness of their choice; and this the more, because… — John Ruskin Copy Share
Like other beautiful things in this world, its end (that of a shaft) is to be beautiful; and, in proportion to its beauty, it… — John Ruskin Copy Share
All are to be men of genius in their degree,--rivulets or rivers, it does not matter, so that the souls be clear and pure;… — John Ruskin Copy Share
The art of drawing which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing...should be taught to every child just… — John Ruskin Copy Share
