John Ruskin

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born

February 08, 1819 in London, England, The United Kingdom

died

January 20, 1900

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Arts & Photography

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John Ruskin is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Ruskin's essays on art and architecture were extremely influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 1,015 ratings · 104 reviews · 491 distinct works

	On Art and Life 3.88 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Seven Lamps of Architecture 3.69 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1849 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Stones Of Venice by John Ruskin, J.G. Links 3.84 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1919 — 27 editions	My rating:
	The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin, Maria L. Kirk (Illustrator) 3.59 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1851 — 45 editions	My rating:
	Unto This Last and Other Writings by John Ruskin, Clive Wilmer 3.93 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1860 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Sesame and Lilies by John Ruskin, Deborah Epstein Nord, Jane Epstein Hunter 3.59 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1905 — 40 editions	My rating:
	Selected Writings 3.88 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1972 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin, Art Instruction 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1857 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Lamp Of Memory 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Modern Painters (Vol. 1-6) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1888 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by John Ruskin

“To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.”
― John Ruskin, The Stones Of Venice

tags: exertion , expression , imperfection , paralysis , vitality

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“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ”
― John Ruskin

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“It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.”
― John Ruskin

tags: love , pride

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