“The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.”
— John Ruskin
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The principle of all successful effort is
“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
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Music when healthy, is the teacher of
“Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.”
— John Ruskin
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You might sooner get lightning out of
“You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.”
— John Ruskin
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He that would be angry and sin
“He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.”
— John Ruskin
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In order that people may be happy
“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
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How long most people would look at
“How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?”
— John Ruskin
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Great nations write their autobiographies in three
“Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.”
— John Ruskin
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It is in this power of saying
“It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.”
— John Ruskin
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An architect should live as little in
“An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome.”
— John Ruskin
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No person who is not a great
“No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.”
— John Ruskin
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