An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome.

Quote by John Ruskin

Topics: John Ruskin Quotes

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Summer is delicious. Rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

Summer is delicious. Rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no...

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator...

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator...

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind...

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind...

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has...

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has...

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes....

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes....

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is...

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is...

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal...

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal...

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or...

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or...

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the...

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and...

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and...

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse...

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse...

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the...

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the...

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man...

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man...

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest...

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest...

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it...

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it...

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but...