John Ruskin Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)
John Ruskin quotes and sayings page 6 (deceased writer born on Feb 8, 1819). Here's quote # 51 through 60 out of the 111 we have for him.
“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.”
“The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it.”
“It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.”
“When we build, let us think that we build for ever.”
“No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.”
“The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.”
“Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.”
“All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.”
“Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.”
“No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.”
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