No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. – 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
Of all Gods gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn. – John Ruskin
It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled. – John Ruskin