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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. - John Ruskin

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort. - John Ruskin

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. - John Ruskin

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. - John Ruskin

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. - John Ruskin

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. - John Ruskin

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind. - John Ruskin

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. - John Ruskin

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live. - John Ruskin

No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases. - John Ruskin

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. - John Ruskin

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. - John Ruskin

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor. - John Ruskin

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin. - John Ruskin

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them. - John Ruskin

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. - John Ruskin

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. - John Ruskin #quotes

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. - John Ruskin #quotes

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. - John Ruskin #quotes

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning. - John Ruskin #quotes

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