I will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health as color to his cheek; and wherever there is… — 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
Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the… — 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
He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If men lived like men indeed, their houses would be temples -- temples which we should hardly dare to injure, and in… — 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
“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
