It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.

Quote by John Ruskin

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Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color...

Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color...

That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first...

That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first...

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get...

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get...

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it...

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it...

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come...

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come...

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no...

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no...

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful...

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful...

Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature...

Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature...

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well:...

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well:...

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power

It is an awesome thing to comprehend the magnitude of the fact that what a...

It is an awesome thing to comprehend the magnitude of the fact that what a...

Sometimes questions are more important than answers.

Sometimes questions are more important than answers.