John Ruskin Quotes


To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered.


Citations

Ruskin, John. Modern Painters. Vol. 3, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1856.

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John Ruskin
John Ruskin
  • Born: February 8, 1819
  • Died: January 20, 1900
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Writer

John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, philosopher, prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.