John Ruskin Quotes

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort. – John Ruskin

The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. – John Ruskin

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. – John Ruskin

There is no wealth but life. – John Ruskin

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. – John Ruskin

The measure of a great mind is its capacity to be taught. – John Ruskin

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. – John Ruskin

Education should not be a preparation for life; education should be life. – John Ruskin

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. – John Ruskin

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. – John Ruskin

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. – John Ruskin

It is far better to give work that is above a person’s ability, than to give them work that is beneath them. – John Ruskin

It is better to lose your pride with someone you love, rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride. – John Ruskin

To banish imperfections is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality. – John Ruskin

Don’t pay too much attention to fame and popularity; they are fickle and fleeting. Focus on doing good work instead. – John Ruskin

John Ruskin Quotes part 2

The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. – John Ruskin

To be taught what you do not know is as necessary as to be reminded of what you do know. – John Ruskin

All great art is the expression of man’s delight in God’s work, not his own. – John Ruskin

There is no wealth but life. – John Ruskin

The more I think, the more I feel the intense selfishness of human nature against anything but itself. – John Ruskin

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to see them. – John Ruskin

Though you cannot go back and make a brand new start, you can start from now and make a brand new ending. – John Ruskin

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. – John Ruskin

All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time. – John Ruskin

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. – John Ruskin

Life without industry is guilt. Industry without Art is Brutality. – John Ruskin

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. – John Ruskin

A book worth reading is worth buying. – John Ruskin

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. – John Ruskin

Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up. – John Ruskin

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. – John Ruskin

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality. – John Ruskin

Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental health, power, and pleasure. – John Ruskin

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. – John Ruskin

Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave. – John Ruskin

I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility. – John Ruskin

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. – John Ruskin

The truth isn’t what one wants to believe. It is what is true. – John Ruskin

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. – John Ruskin

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. – John Ruskin

Life without industry is guilt. Industry without Art is Brutality. – John Ruskin

All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time. – John Ruskin

The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it. – John Ruskin

Men’s leisure, and women’s leisure too, is valuable, mainly as it sets them up to work. – John Ruskin

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts—the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of their art. – John Ruskin