The names of great painters are like passing-bells: in the name of Velasquez you hear sounded the fall of Spain; .in the name of Titian, that of Venice; in the name of Leonardo, that of Milan; in the name of Raphael, that of Rome. And there is profound justice in this, for in proportion to the nobleness of the power is the guilt of its use for purposes vain or vile; and hitherto the greater the art, the more surely has it been used, and used solely, for the decoration of pride or the provoking of sensuality.
John RuskinIt is advisable that a person know at least three things, where they are, where they are going, and what they had best do under the circumstances.
John RuskinDoing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.
John RuskinThere is rough work to be done, and rough men must do it; there is gentle work to be done, and gentlemen must do it.
John Ruskin