To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.
John RuskinIf a great thing can be done, it can be done easily, but this ease is like the of ease of a tree blossoming after long years of gathering strength.
John RuskinContrast increases the splendor of beauty, but it disturbs its influence; it adds to its attractiveness, but diminishes its power.
John RuskinHe who has once stood beside the grave, to look back upon the companionship which has been forever closed, feeling how impotent there are the wild love, or the keen sorrow, to give one instant's pleasure to the pulseless heart, or atone in the lowest measure to the departed spirit for the hour of unkindness, will scarcely for the future incur that debt to the heart which can only be discharged to the dust.
John Ruskin