No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.
John Ruskin Quotes
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 trustworthy one is the last.
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.
Architecture is the work of nations.
When we build, let us think that we build for ever.
That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first infirmity of weak ones.
I find penguins at present the only comfort in life. One feels everything in the world so sympathetically ridiculous; one can’t be angry when one looks at a penguin.
