He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.
John RuskinThe constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own powers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others.
John RuskinProduction does not consist in things laboriously made, but in things serviceably consumable; and the question for the nation is not how much labour it employs, but how much life it produces.
John RuskinMake yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought-proof against all adversity. Bright fancies, satisfied memories, noble histories, faithful sayings, treasure houses of precious and restful thoughts, which care cannot disturb, nor pain make gloomy, nor poverty take away from us.
John Ruskin