Greatness is the aggregation of minuteness; nor can its sublimity be felt truthfully by any mind unaccustomed to the affectionate watching of what is least. John Ruskin More Quotes by John Ruskin More Quotes From John Ruskin The man who can see all gray, and red, and purples in a peach, will paint the peach rightly round, and rightly altogether. But the man who has only studied its roundness may not see its purples and grays, and if he does not will never get it to look like a peach; so that great power over color is always a sign of large general art-intellect. John Ruskin color men art Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of great genius, the first question I ask about him always is, Does he work? John Ruskin clever work men All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it. John Ruskin greatness expression art Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them. John Ruskin soul education school Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. John Ruskin enjoyment literature people Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the parents for their children than in children for their parents, this is sad but natural. Who does not entertain his hopes more than his recollections. John Ruskin love children past There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation. John Ruskin vulgarity-is pain may It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. John Ruskin noble important literature Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make. John Ruskin world-suffering funny hands All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize as the pathetic fallacy. John Ruskin fake-people judging feelings I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting. John Ruskin landscape-painting done literature You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. John Ruskin incense lightning passion That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. John Ruskin noble numbers country Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. John Ruskin prevention punishment hands 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 shadow light beauty Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them. John Ruskin real reflection evil Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you. John Ruskin hiking light journey No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change. John Ruskin noble doe art He who is not actively kind is cruel! John Ruskin animal-rights kind animal High art consists neither in altering, nor in improving nature; but in seeking throughout nature for 'whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure;' in loving these, in displaying to the utmost of the painter's power such loveliness as is in them, and directing the thoughts of others to them by winning art, or gentle emphasis. John Ruskin lovely winning art
