John Ruskin quotes

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

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.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

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.

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

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.

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.

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

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.

There is no wealth but life.

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.

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.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

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.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.

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.

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.