There is rough work to be done, and rough men must do it; there is gentle work to be done, and gentlemen… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
... Amongst all the mechanical poison that this terrible nineteenth century has poured upon men, it has given us at any rate… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is a strange thing how little in general people know about the sky. It is the part of creation in which… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The man who says to one, go, and he goeth, and to another, come, and he cometh, has, in most cases, more… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The man who accepts the laissez-faire doctrine would allow his garden to grow wild so that roses might fight it out with… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It ought to be quite as natural and straightforward a matter for a labourer to take his pension from his parish, because… — 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
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
What do you suppose makes all men look back to the time of childhood with so much regret (if their childhood has… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Without seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or… — 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
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
But if, indeed, there be a nobler life in us than in these strangely moving atoms; if, indeed, there is an eternal… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work, as the colour-petals out of a fruitful flower; when they… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
How false is the conception, how frantic the pursuit, of that treacherous phantom which men call Liberty: most treacherous, indeed, of all… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The whole difference between a man of genius and other men, it has been said a thousand times, and most truly, is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Men say their pinnacles point to heaven. Why, so does every tree that buds, and every bird that rises as it sings.… — 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
Of all God's gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To yield reverence to another, to hold ourselves and our lives at his disposal, is not slavery; often, it is the noblest… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
That man is always happy who is in the presence of something which he cannot know to the full, which he is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The Bible is the one Book to which any thoughtful man may go with any honest question of life or destiny and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
God intends no man to live in this world without working, but it seems to me no less evident that He intends… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade. — 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
Wherever men are noble, they love bright colour; and wherever they can live healthily, bright colour is given them—in sky, sea, flowers,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Men are merely on a lower or higher stage of an eminence, whose summit is God's throne infinitely above all; and there… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I tell you (dogmatically, if you like to call it so, knowing it well) a square inch of man's engraving is worth… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
We have much studied and much perfected, of late, the great civilized invention of the division of labour; only we give it… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Other men used their effete faiths and mean faculties with a high moral purpose. The Venetian gave the most earnest faith, and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Mountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The… — 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
