The saying that beauty is but skin deep is but a skin deep saying.
John Ruskin Quotes
October’s foliage yellows with his cold.
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others; but of the three the only quite trustworthy one is the last.
It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a […]
Be sure to go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.
I do not say therefore that the art is greatest which gives most pleasure, because perhaps there is some art whose end it is to teach and not to please. I do not say the art is greatest which teaches the most, because there is some art whose end it is to please and not […]
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.
An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word, he should be fit for the best society, and should keep out of it.
