Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature herself -my disgust at her barbarity -clumsiness… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The truth of Nature is a part of the truth of God; to him who does not search it out, darkness; to… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The infinity of God is not mysterious, it is only unfathomable; not concealed, but incomprehensible; it is a clear infinity, the darkness… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“the only prospect which is really desirable or delightful, is that from the window of the breakfast-room [...] where we meet the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The sculptor must paint with his chisel; half his touches are not to realize, but to put power into, the form. They… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“To be content in utter darkness and ignorance is indeed unmanly, and therefore we think that to love light and find knowledge… — 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
“So far, therefore, as the science of exchange relates to the advantage of one of the exchanging persons only, it is founded… — 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 Image
Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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