A forest of all manner of trees is poor, if not disagreeable, in effect; a mass of one species of tree is sublime.
John RuskinIt is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.
John RuskinIf you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if food, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it: toil is the law.
John RuskinThere is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.
John Ruskin