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…

Quote by John Ruskin

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It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided; but the men: divided into...

It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided; but the men: divided into...

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

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

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is...

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to...

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to...

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it...

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it...

There is no wealth but life

There is no wealth but life

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...

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

The best work never was and never will be done for money.

The best work never was and never will be done for money.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but...

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but...

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

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 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...

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall...

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall...

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...

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when...

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when...

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...