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  • Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know in life.

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    John Ruskin (1854). “On the nature of Gothic architecture: and herein of the true functions of the workman in art. Being the greater part of the 6th chapter of the 2nd vol. of 'Stones of Venice'. [48 p.].”, p.14

  • To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

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    John Ruskin, John D. Rosenberg (1964). “The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings”, p.184, University of Virginia Press

  • No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.

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    John Ruskin, John D. Rosenberg (1964). “The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings”, p.183, University of Virginia Press

  • All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be effort, and the law of human judgment, mercy.

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    John Ruskin (1867). “The Stones of Venice”, p.171
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John Ruskin

  • Born: February 8, 1819
  • Died: January 20, 1900
  • Occupation: Art critic
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