The art of drawing which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing...should be taught to every… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The power of painter or poet to describe what he calls an ideal thing depends upon its being to him not an… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
All you have really to do is to keep your back as straight as you can; and not think about what is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
All real and wholesome enjoyments possible to people have been just as possible to them since first they were made of the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
No girl who is well bred, 'kind, and modest, is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want of manners, or of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Men are merely on a lower or higher stage of an eminence, whose summit is God's throne infinitely above all; and there… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
You must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable-nay, letter by… — 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
