It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. – John Ruskin
The child who desires education will be bettered by it the child who dislikes it disgraced. – John Ruskin
Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. – 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