All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize as the pathetic fallacy. John Ruskin characterizeeffectexternal Change image and share on social
We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. John Ruskin buildingdutygoodness Change image and share on social
The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most. John Ruskin colourlovemind Change image and share on social
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. John Ruskin beginendmountain Change image and share on social
Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. John Ruskin ambitionrestlessnessscour Change image and share on social
No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple. John Ruskin architecturehaughtysimple Change image and share on social
To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. John Ruskin poetryprophecyreligion Change image and share on social
The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. John Ruskin absolutelycountrydepend Change image and share on social
The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education. John Ruskin clothedutyeducation Change image and share on social
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. John Ruskin greathumanpoetry Change image and share on social
