No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is no action so slight or so mean but it may be done to a great purpose, and ennobled thereby. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Compulsory education... It is a painful, continual, and difficult work; to be done by kindness, by watching, by warning, by precept, and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If a great thing can be done, it can be done easily, but this ease is like the of ease of a… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
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
I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Whenever I did anything wrong, stupid or hard-hearted, and I have done many things that were all three, my mother always said… — 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
Failure is less attributable to either insufficiency of means or impatience of labours than to a confused understanding of the thing actually… — 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
There is large difference between indolent impatience of labor and intellectual impatience of delay, large difference between leaving things unfinished because we… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Let every dawn of the morning be to you as the beginning of life. And let every setting of the sun be… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Let every dawn of morning be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Sky is the part of creation in which Nature has done more for the sake of pleasing man, more for the sole… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy… — 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
Borrowers are nearly always ill-spenders, and it is with lent money that all evil is mainly done and all unjust war protracted. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,... by praise, but above all --… — 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
