The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. – John Ruskin
All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. – John Ruskin

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. – John Ruskin
All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. – John Ruskin
All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. – John Ruskin
They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame. – John Ruskin
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes. – Niccolo Machiavelli