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
At every moment of our lives we should be trying to find out, not in what we differ with other people, but… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Better a child should be ignorant of a thousand truths than have consecrated in its heart a single lie. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
You may assuredly find perfect peace, if you are resolved to do that which your Lord has plainly required--and content that He… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Now the basest thought possible concerning man is, that he has no spiritual nature; and the foolishest misunderstanding of him possible is,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I wish they would use English instead of Greek words. When I want to know why a leaf is green, they tell… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
We may, without offending any laws of good taste, require of an architect, as we do of a novelist, that he should… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Though nature is constantly beautiful, she does not exhibit her highest powers of beauty constantly, for then they would satiate us and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To invent a story, or admirably and thoroughly tell any part of a story, it is necessary to grasp the entire mind… — 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
You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is, indeed, right that we should look for, and hasten, so far as in us lies, the coming of the day… — 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
