All are to be men of genius in their degree,--rivulets or rivers, it does not matter, so that the souls be clear… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Science deals exclusively with things as they are in themselves; and art exclusively with things as they affect the human sense and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It does not matter what the whip is; it is none the less a whip, because you have cut thongs for it… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is a certain period of the soul-culture when it begins to interfere with some of characters of typical beauty belonging to… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
[For men] to feel their souls withering within them, unthanked, to find their whole being sunk into an unrecognized abyss, to be… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Education is the leading human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them; and these two objects… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
You do not see with the lens of the eye. You seen through that, and by means of that, but you see… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a landscape painter, it is love of hills and trees… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
There is in every animal's eye a dim image and gleam of humanity, a flash of strange light through which their life… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
No divine terror will ever be found in the work of the man who wastes a colossal strength in elaborating toys; for… — 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
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
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