Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal. John Ruskin More Quotes by John Ruskin More Quotes From John Ruskin Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. John Ruskin sarcasticflowerhumanity It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends. John Ruskin moneypurposeliterature It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else. John Ruskin disciplinewantmay Depend upon it, the first universal characteristic of all great art is Tenderness, as the second is Truth. John Ruskin truthartfirsts The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion. John Ruskin literaturechildrenyears I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or in them, of a noble grotesque, and no test of comparative smallness or limitation, of one kind or another, more sure than the absence of grotesque invention, or incapability of understanding it. John Ruskin greatnessmenbelieve Nature is always mysterious and secret in her use of means; and art is always likest her when it is most inexplicable. John Ruskin naturemeanart The only way to understand these difficult parts of the Bible, or even to approach them with safety, is first to read and obey the easy ones. John Ruskin easywayfirsts In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong. John Ruskin strongappreciationlooks No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple. John Ruskin haughtyarchitecturesimple Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. John Ruskin changetimebook 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. John Ruskin starsupliftingsky Genius is only a superior power of seeing. John Ruskin superiorsseeinggenius 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 best-effortsuccessfulpower 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 writingbookart No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art. John Ruskin perfectworkart It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning. John Ruskin wisdomteachingteacher You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself. John Ruskin helping-otherspeopleknowledge He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting softer, whose blood warmer, whose brain quicker, whose spirit is entering into living peace. And the men who have this life in them are the true lords or kings of the earth they, and they only. John Ruskin kingsheartmen Never has interest in art been so high, and never has quality been so low. John Ruskin qualitylowsart
