Quote by John Ruskin
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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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Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning. – John Ruskin

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Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom, there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, improperly severe labor, or erring habits of life. – John Ruskin

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Happiness
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It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. – John Ruskin

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Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing. To morals belong the lower and less intellectual spheres. – Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, 1891

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You dont take a photograph, you make it. – Ansel Adams

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I choose films for their artistic value. I dont need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I wont take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art. – Brad Renfro

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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time. – Otto Dix

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