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

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right...

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 greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is...

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is...

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely...

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and...

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and...

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't...

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't...

He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on...

He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on...

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.

Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the...

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the...

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

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....

Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is...

Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is...

I am an atheist, thank God!

I am an atheist, thank God!

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow...

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow...