It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. – John Ruskin
Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade. – John Ruskin
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation. – John Ruskin
Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. – John Ruskin