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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

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John Ruskin

English writer and art critic

February 8th, 1819 - January 20th, 1900

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