John Ruskin's Quote - Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjo

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Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. – John Ruskin

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No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change. – John Ruskin

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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. – John Ruskin

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The great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder than the furnace blast, is all in very deed for this — that we manufacture everything there except men. – John Ruskin

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