Give a little love to a child, and you g... by John Ruskin | We Heart Quotes

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Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

- John Ruskin

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Perfection Art Power Nothing

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.

- John Ruskin

Education Work First Being

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.

- John Ruskin

Architecture

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

- John Ruskin

Love

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

- John Ruskin

Education

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.

- John Ruskin

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

- John Ruskin

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