All John Ruskin Quotes
Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.
John Ruskin
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Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.
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I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting.
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It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.
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The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.
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He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.
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All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time.
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Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.
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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
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A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.
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A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
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