Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. John Ruskin adjunctbeautycease Change image and share on social
No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. John Ruskin architectbuildergreat Change image and share on social
No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. John Ruskin fishfreegreat Change image and share on social
Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. John Ruskin increaseloadpossession Change image and share on social
Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them. John Ruskin educationhumanlead Change image and share on social
Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities. John Ruskin abilitycompensatecultivation Change image and share on social
Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. John Ruskin giftgoodgreat Change image and share on social
He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin. John Ruskin angrysin Change image and share on social
It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled. John Ruskin architecturebeautifuldead share on social
To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance. John Ruskin ignoranceinvolveprofound Change image and share on social