“ 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. John Ruskin
“ Modern science gives lectures on botany, to show there is no such thing as a flower; on humanity, to show there is no such thing as a man; and on theology, to show there is no such thing as a God. No… John Ruskin
“ 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. John Ruskin
“ No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in its symmetry. All admit irregularity as they imply change; and to banish imperfection is to dest… John Ruskin
“ No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trus… John Ruskin
“ Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close. John Ruskin
“ 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. John Ruskin
“ 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
“ 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
“ Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. John Ruskin
