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The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed

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

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Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. – John Ruskin

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Mans only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever. – John Ruskin

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How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? – John Ruskin

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Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. – Theodore Dreiser, Life, Art, and America, 1917

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