“The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one.”
More from John Ruskin
“All you have really to do is to keep your back as straight as you can; and not think about…”
“The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to…”
“In general, when the imagination is at all noble, it is irresistible, and therefore those…”
“All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our…”