John Ruskin Quotes

To draw true beauty shows a master's hand.

I still come closest to success with drawing.

Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he holds a great treasure.

Many have genius, but, wanting art, are forever dumb. The two must go together to form the great poet, painter, or sculptor.

The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.

What I'm good at is making art.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

I used to draw a lot.

I've always liked to draw.

I've been drawing since I was five years old.

The biggest lesson I've learned about drawing is that it takes time. Which is really annoying.

I have sketched since a young age, so there's always been an artistic side, a visual side to my personality.

Imagination without skill gives us contemporary art.

I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove.

Art was always my thing. I had an art scholarship before I had a football scholarship. I'm a left-handed, right-brained, painting-drawing guy. That was always my skill.

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

In love as in art, good technique helps.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.

Drawing is the root of everything.

Such is the strength of art, rough things to shape.

Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.

Craft can get you through ninety percent of a piece, but it's art that carries you at the end.