The greatest reward is not what we receive for our labor, but what we become by it. John Ruskin View this quote
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. John Ruskin
John Ruskin
At least be sure you go to the author to find his meaning, not to find yours. John Ruskin
Beautiful art can only be produced by people who have beautiful things about them. John Ruskin
Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. John Ruskin
Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer. John Ruskin
Better a child should be ignorant of a thousand truths than have consecrated in its heart a single lie. John Ruskin
Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the Deity to be a source of delight. John Ruskin
Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. John Ruskin
Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, improperly severe labor, or erring habits of life. John Ruskin
Civilization is the making of civil persons. John Ruskin
English writer and art critic
February 8th, 1819 - January 20th, 1900
