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Quote by John Ruskin
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for idea

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. – John Ruskin

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The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. – John Ruskin

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The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition. – John Ruskin

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All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent. – John Ruskin

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Personality is everything in art and poetry. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. – Samuel Butler

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Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. – Peter De Vries

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The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing. – Doris Humphrey

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