Wherever men are noble, they love bright colour; and wherever they can live healthily, bright colour is given themโin sky, sea, flowers, and living creatures.
John RuskinThere is no music in a โrestโ that I know of, but there's the making of music in it. And people are always missing that part of the life melody.
John RuskinTo watch the corn grow, and the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over ploughshare or spade; to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray, โ these are the things that make men happy.
John RuskinOf all God's gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn.
John Ruskin