The virtue of the imagination is its reaching, by intuition and intensity, a more essential truth than is seen at the surface of things.
John RuskinAs long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime.
John RuskinMountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The muscles and tendons of its anatomy are, in the mountain, brought out with force and convulsive energy, full of expression, passion, and strength.
John RuskinThat which seems to be wealth may in verity be only the gilded index of far reaching ruin
John Ruskin