Maxioms by John Ruskin
Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.
- John Ruskin,
Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.
- John Ruskin,
He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.
He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.
Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles God always gives us strength enough, and sense enough, for every thing read more
Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles God always gives us strength enough, and sense enough, for every thing that He wants us to do.
If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a
landscape painter, it is love of read more
If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a
landscape painter, it is love of hills and trees that moves
you--if, being a figure painter, it is love of human beauty, and
human soul that moves you--if, being a flower or animal painter,
it is love, and wonder, and delight in petal and in limb that
move you, then the Spirit is upon you, and the earth is yours,
and the fullness thereof.