John Ruskin

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

— John Ruskin

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The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. ↗

— John Ruskin

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I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. ↗

— John Ruskin

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

— John Ruskin

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Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. ↗

— John Ruskin

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It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder. ↗

— John Ruskin

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Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes. ↗

— John Ruskin

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The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most. ↗

— John Ruskin

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