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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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You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. – John Ruskin

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Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book. – John Ruskin

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Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say Ive a call. – Sylvia Plath

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Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. – G.K. Chesterton

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