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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
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John Ruskin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 8
Died: 1900
Died: January 20
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When the whole world turns clown, and paints itself red with its own hearts blood instead of vermilion, it is something else than comic.
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Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy one.
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Variety is a positive requisite even in the character of our food.
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We are only advancing in life, whose hearts are getting softer, our blood warmer, our brains quicker, and our spirits entering into living peace.
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I am almost sick and giddy with the quantity of things in my head, all tempting and wanting to be worked out.
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In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner.
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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
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We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared to that which the living nation writes, and the uncorrupted marble bears!
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All really great pictures exhibit the general habits of nature, manifested in some peculiar, rare, and beautiful way.
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Do not think it wasted time to submit yourselves to any influence which may bring upon you any noble feeling.
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The secret of language is the secret of sympathy, and its full charm is possible only to the gentle
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