We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.

Quote by John Ruskin

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The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake...

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake...

I am an atheist, thank God!

I am an atheist, thank God!

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a...

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a...

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

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...

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.

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for...

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for...

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no...

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

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

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the...

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men...

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men...

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

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 essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

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 believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

Songs wont save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things;...

Songs wont save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things;...

For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words...

For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words...