Quote by John Ruskin
No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an archite

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

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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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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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All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. – John Ruskin

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Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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