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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The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of mens lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque. – John Ruskin

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There is a working class – strong and happy – among both rich and poor: there is an idle class – weak, wicked, and miserable – among both rich and poor. – John Ruskin

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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. – Khalil Gibran

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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. – Aristotle

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I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy – a crow and a rabbit – to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork. – Ellie Goulding

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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious. – Jean Cocteau

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