"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.“

-John Ruskin

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John Ruskin quote about Work: "When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece."

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"Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning."

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"Whether for life or death, do your own work well."

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"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."

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