John Ruskin

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

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

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.

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.

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

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

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper.

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper.