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Quote by John Ruskin
All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it

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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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. – John Ruskin

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Of all Gods gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn. – John Ruskin

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In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it. – John Ruskin

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Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Art holds fast when all else is lost. – German Proverb

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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality… true art lies in a reality that is felt. – Odilon Redon

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