Quote by John Ruskin
It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing t

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. – 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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Success
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Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health, as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom, there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, improperly severe labor, or erring habits of life. – John Ruskin

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Happiness
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We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. – John Ruskin

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architecture
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. – Samuel Butler

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Art disturbs, science reassures. – Georges Braque, Le Jour et la nuit

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Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. – Guy Kawasaki

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Art

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. – Andre Gide

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