"There is no wealth but life."
-John Ruskin
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"Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.“
-John Ruskin
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"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one."
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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."
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"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together."
-John Ruskin
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"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece."
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"I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility."
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"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television."
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"I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art."
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"Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know."
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