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John Ruskin quotes about work

English Writer, Painter February 8, 1819 – January 20, 1900

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John Ruskin quote: "When love and skill work together, expect a materpiece."
When love and skill work together, expect a materpiece. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece."
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "Whether for life or death, do your own work well."
Whether for life or death, do your own work well. John Ruskin
Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions; and take that of laborers Unions. John Ruskin
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it. John Ruskin
Perhaps some of my hearers this evening may have occasionally heard it stated of me that I am rather apt to contradict myself. I hope I am exceedingly apt to do so. I never met wth a question yet, of any importance, which did not need, for the right solution of it, at least one positive and one negative answer, like an equation of the second degree. Mostly, matters of any consequence are three-sided, or four-sided, or polygonal; and the trotting round a polygon is severe work for people any... John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without..."
All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. John Ruskin
Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand. John Ruskin
No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art. John Ruskin
Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,... by praise, but above all -- by example. John Ruskin
Understand this clearly: you can teach a man to draw a straight line, and to carve it; and to copy and carve any number of given lines or forms, with admirable speed and perfect precision; and you find his work perfect of its kind: but if you ask him to think about any of those forms, to consider if he cannot find any better in his own head, he stops; his execution becomes hesitating; he thinks, and ten to one he thinks wrong; ten to one he makes a mistake in the first touch he gives to his... John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's..."
All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "The first condition of education is being able to put someone..."
The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to..."
It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work. John Ruskin
John Ruskin quote: "All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body..."
All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. John Ruskin

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