When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The entire vitality of art depends upon its being either full of truth, or full of use; and that, however pleasant, wonderful,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To be taught to read—what is the use of that, if you know not whether what you read is false or true?… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Without seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The names of great painters are like passing-bells: in the name of Velasquez you hear sounded the fall of Spain; .in the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Nature is always mysterious and secret in her use of means; and art is always likest her when it is most inexplicable. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The force of the guinea you have in your pocket depends wholly on the default of a guinea in your neighbour's pocket.… — 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
Science has to do with facts, art with phenomena. To science, phenomena are of use only as they lead to facts; and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Work first and then rest. Work first, and then gaze, but do not use golden ploughshares, nor bind ledgers in enamel. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Without the perfect sympathy with the animals around them, no gentleman's education, no Christian education, could be of any possible use. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Our purity of taste is best tested by its universality, for if we can only admire this thing or that, we maybe… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for our use alone.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them when our own knowledge and power fail;… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Architecture concerns itself only with those characters of an edifice which are above and beyond its common use. — 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
