All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another; and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it.
John Ruskin Quotes
Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits of great men.
No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts, the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others, but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last.
Architecture is the work of nations.
When we build, let us think that we build for ever.
That thirst (for applause) if the last infirmity of noble minds, is also the first infirmity of weak ones.
I find penguins at present the only comfort in life. One feels everything in the world so sympathetically ridiculous; one can’t be angry when one looks at a penguin.
