John Ruskin1819–1900Life without industry is guilt, and industry without art is brutality.
Lectures on Art (1870), Lecture III- Modern Painters (1843-1860), Volume IV, part V, chapter III, section 22 (1856)
- The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849), Chapter VI: The Lamp of Memory, section 10
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.
The Two Paths (1859)The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.
The Stones of Venice (1853), Volume III- The Two Paths (1859)
- Speech to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (1877), in Arrows of the Chase, vol. 2
- Notes on the General Principles of Employment for the Destitute and Criminal Classes (1868)
- The Stones of Venice (1853), Volume I, chapter II, section 17
When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work.
Sesame and Lilies (1864-1869)You must either make a tool of the creature, or a man of him.
The Stones of Venice (1853), Volume II, chapter VI, section 12In painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter your manner.
Modern Painters (1843-1860), Volume V, part VIII, chapter III (1860)- The Crown of Wild Olive (1866)
- The King of the Golden River (1841), Ch. 5
- Modern Painters (1843-1860), Volume II, part III, section I, chapter V (1846)
