John Ruskin Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. All art is but dirtying the paper delicately. The Elements of Drawing

2. He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue. The Stones of Venice: Volume I. The Foundations

3. It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.

4. There is no wealth but life. The King of the Golden River

5. To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty The Seven Lamps of Architecture

6. To be taught to read—what is the use of that, if you know not whether what you read is false or true? To be taught to write or to speak—but what is the use of speaking, if you have nothing to say? To be taught to think—nay, what is the use of being able to think, if you have nothing to think of? But to be taught to see is to gain word and thought at once, and both true. The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition. 39 vols.