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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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How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? – John Ruskin

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It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. – John Ruskin

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We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. – John Ruskin

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We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question. – Paulo Coelho

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