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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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No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. – John Ruskin

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Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade. – John Ruskin

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