Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but… — 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
There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking His guidance of it, or insult Him by taking… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
True taste is forever growing, learning, reading, worshipping, laying its hand upon its mouth because it is astonished, casting its shoes from… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is not possible to find a landscape, which if painted precisely as it is, will not make an impressive picture. No… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is but one question ultimately to be asked respecting every line you draw, Is it right or wrong? If right, it… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Nearly all our powerful men in this age of the world are unbelievers; the best of them in doubt and misery; the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
... A power of obtaining veracity in the representation of material and tangible things, which, within certain limits and conditions, is unimpeachable,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Being thus prepared for us in all ways, and made beautiful, and good for food, and for building, and for instruments of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Trust thou thy Love: if she be proud, is she not sweet? Trust thou thy love: if she be mute, is she… — 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
