It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. – John Ruskin
All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. – John Ruskin
Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. – John Ruskin
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. – John Ruskin
The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I dont mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well. – Charles de Lint