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

Quote by John Ruskin

Topics: John Ruskin Quotes

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...

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...

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it...

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it...

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...

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...

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

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

All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all...

All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all...

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.

Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.

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.

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...

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste...

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste...

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of...

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of...

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse...

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse...

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal...

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal...

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

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...

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...

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

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

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...