Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.

Quote by John Ruskin

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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

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books...

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...

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

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.

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but...

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but...

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

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

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

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

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

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and...

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and...

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun...

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun...

A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to...

A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to...

Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are...

Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are...

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

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...

God saith, 'The person I hold as beloved, I am his hearing by which he...

God saith, 'The person I hold as beloved, I am his hearing by which he...

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.

Man drives, but the Creator holds the reins

Man drives, but the Creator holds the reins