John Ruskin
“Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by men for whatsoever uses that the sight of them contributes to his mental health, power, and pleasure.”
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
“The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.”
“Tell me what you like and I’ll tell you what you are.”
“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.”
“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.”
“All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour and the books of all time.”
“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.”
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”
“There is no wealth but life.”