The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of mens lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque. – John Ruskin
They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame. – John Ruskin
The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. – 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