Complete Works of John Ruskin Quotes

“So then, men may let their great powers lie dormant, while they employ their mean and petty powers on mean and petty objects; but it is physically impossible to employ a great power, except on a great object.”
― John Ruskin, Complete Works of John Ruskin

“Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts, the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others, but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last.”
― John Ruskin, Complete Works of John Ruskin