--- title: "18 Perfect Quotes By John Ruskin" description: "18 Perfect quotes by John Ruskin. Plus more from John Ruskin and more Perfect sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/john-ruskin-314_disorder_music-when-healthy-is-the-teacher-of-per_901287.jpg" --- > [Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/music-when-healthy-is-the-teacher-of-perfect-order-and-when-depraved/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/john-ruskin-314_disorder_music-when-healthy-is-the-teacher-of-per_901287.jpg) > [Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/freedom-is-only-granted-us-that-obedience-may-be-more-perfect/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/653/john-ruskin-314_freedom_freedom-is-only-granted-us-that-obedienc_780997.jpg) > [Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/men-were-not-intended-to-work-with-the-accuracy-of-tools-to-be/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/john-ruskin-314_accuracy_men-were-not-intended-to-work-with-the-a_547534.jpg) > [Of human work none but what is bad can be perfect in its own bad way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/of-human-work-none-but-what-is-bad-can-be-perfect-in-its-own-bad-way/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/john-ruskin-314_humans_of-human-work-none-but-what-is-bad-can-b_1732564.jpg) > [Perfect taste is the faculty of receiving the greatest possible pleasure from those material sources which are attractive to oar moral nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/perfect-taste-is-the-faculty-of-receiving-the-greatest-possible/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/john-ruskin-314_attractive_perfect-taste-is-the-faculty-of-receivin_2701531.jpg) > [Without the perfect sympathy with the animals around them, no gentleman's education, no Christian education, could be of any possible use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/without-the-perfect-sympathy-with-the-animals-around-them-no/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/john-ruskin-314_animal_without-the-perfect-sympathy-with-the-an_2696215.jpg) > [No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/no-good-work-whatever-can-be-perfect-and-the-demand-for-perfection-is-2/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/john-ruskin-314_art_no-good-work-whatever-can-be-perfect-and_2960102.jpg) > [Absolute ugliness is admitted as rarely as perfect beauty; but degrees of it more or less distinct are associated with whatever has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/absolute-ugliness-is-admitted-as-rarely-as-perfect-beauty-but-degrees/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/john-ruskin-314_absolutes_absolute-ugliness-is-admitted-as-rarely_1513444.jpg) > [You may assuredly find perfect peace, if you are resolved to do that which your Lord has plainly required--and content that He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/you-may-assuredly-find-perfect-peace-if-you-are-resolved-to-do-that/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/john-ruskin-314_ifs_you-may-assuredly-find-perfect-peace-if_1440115.jpg) > [I will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/i-will-not-kill-or-hurt-any-living-creature-needlessly-nor-destroy/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/john-ruskin-314_animal_i-will-not-kill-or-hurt-any-living-creat_369721.jpg) > [Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know of life. It is the sign of life in a mortal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/imperfection-is-in-some-sort-essential-to-all-that-we-know-of-life-it/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/john-ruskin-314_body_imperfection-is-in-some-sort-essential-t_1306020.jpg) > [No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/no-human-face-is-exactly-the-same-in-its-lines-on-each-side-no-leaf/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/john-ruskin-314_beloved_no-human-face-is-exactly-the-same-in-its_1827214.jpg) > [In all things that live there are certain irregularities, and deficiencies which are not only signs of life, but sources of beauty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/in-all-things-that-live-there-are-certain-irregularities-and/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/john-ruskin-314_all-things_in-all-things-that-live-there-are-certai_3144619.jpg) > [Though nature is constantly beautiful, she does not exhibit her highest powers of beauty constantly, for then they would satiate us and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/though-nature-is-constantly-beautiful-she-does-not-exhibit-her/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/john-ruskin-314_appreciation_though-nature-is-constantly-beautiful-sh_2041144.jpg) > [Obedience is, indeed, founded on a kind of freedom, else it would become mere subjugation, but that freedom is only granted that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/obedience-is-indeed-founded-on-a-kind-of-freedom-else-it-would-become/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/john-ruskin-314_energy_obedience-is-indeed-founded-on-a-kind-of_1784453.jpg) > [It is impossible to tell you the perfect sweetness of the lips and closed eyes, nor the solemnity of the seal of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-impossible-to-tell-you-the-perfect-sweetness-of-the-lips-and/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/john-ruskin-314_closed-eyes_it-is-impossible-to-tell-you-the-perfect_308314.jpg) > [There is a certain period of the soul-culture when it begins to interfere with some of characters of typical beauty belonging to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/there-is-a-certain-period-of-the-soul-culture-when-it-begins-to/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/john-ruskin-314_beauty_there-is-a-certain-period-of-the-soul-cu_1165431.jpg) > [Being thus prepared for us in all ways, and made beautiful, and good for food, and for building, and for instruments of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/being-thus-prepared-for-us-in-all-ways-and-made-beautiful-and-good/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/john-ruskin-314_admiration_being-thus-prepared-for-us-in-all-ways-a_2873525.jpg) ## Other authors on Perfect ## More by John Ruskin > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/occult-theft-theft-which-hides-itself-even-from-itself-and-is-legal/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/mighty-of-heart-mighty-of-mind-magnanimous-to-be-this-is-indeed-to-be/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip from it nor draw from it; but it overflows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/life-is-a-magic-vase-filled-to-the-brim-so-made-that-you-cannot-dip/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [As in the instances of alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, and other such popular creeds, political economy, has a plausible idea at the root of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/as-in-the-instances-of-alchemy-astrology-witchcraft-and-other-such/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [I am far more provoked at being thought foolish by foolish people, than pleased at being thought sensible by sensible people; and the average…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/i-am-far-more-provoked-at-being-thought-foolish-by-foolish-people/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/when-we-build-let-it-not-be-for-present-delights-nor-for-present-use/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-far-more-difficult-to-be-simple-than-to-be-complicated-far-more/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-a-good-and-safe-rule-to-sojourn-in-every-place-as-if-you-meant/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [“You may trust to the truth of my sympathy; but you must remember that I am engaged in the investigation of enormous religious and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/you-may-trust-to-the-truth-of-my-sympathy-but-you-must-remember-that/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [And remember, child, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; or nobly, which is done in pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/and-remember-child-that-nothing-is-ever-done-beautifully-which-is/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-s-unwise-to-pay-too-much-but-it-s-worse-to-pay-too-little/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [The world is full of vulgar Purists, who bring discredit on all selection by the silliness of their choice; and this the more, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-world-is-full-of-vulgar-purists-who-bring-discredit-on-all/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [Like other beautiful things in this world, its end (that of a shaft) is to be beautiful; and, in proportion to its beauty, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/like-other-beautiful-things-in-this-world-its-end-that-of-a-shaft-is/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/all-are-to-be-men-of-genius-in-their-degree-rivulets-or-rivers-it/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-art-of-drawing-which-is-of-more-real-importance-to-the-human-race/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) ```json { "@context": 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