No picture can be good which deceives by its imitation, for the very reason that nothing can be beautiful which is not true.
John RuskinIt is a matter of the simplest demonstration, that no man can be really appreciated but by his equal or superior.
John RuskinA man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to be the servants of his will; who enjoys the beautiful, loves truth, hates wrong, loves to do good, and respects others as himself.
John Ruskin