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.
John Ruskin Quotes
All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another; and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it.
Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits of great men.
No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.
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.
