“John Ruskin”
“All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.”
-- John Ruskin
“All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.”
-- John Ruskin
“The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque.”
-- John Ruskin
“How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?”
-- John Ruskin
“The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.”
-- John Ruskin
“The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque.”
-- John Ruskin
“The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.”
-- John Ruskin
“Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.”
-- John Ruskin
“The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.”
-- John Ruskin
“The child who desires education will be bettered by it the child who dislikes it disgraced.”
-- John Ruskin
“The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.”
-- John Ruskin
“Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.”
-- John Ruskin
“In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.”
-- John Ruskin
“The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.”
-- John Ruskin
“All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.”
-- John Ruskin
“In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.”
-- John Ruskin
“Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.”
-- John Ruskin
“The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.”
-- John Ruskin
“Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.”
-- John Ruskin