John Ruskin Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.”
  - John Ruskin 1819-1900

Longtime professor of art at Oxford College, Ruskin’s influence on 19^th and early 20^th century art and architecture was profound. His popular books The Stones of Venice and The Seven Lamps of Architecture had their effect on Le Corbusier, Wright and Gropius, among others. He championed of the works of JWM Turner and the Pre-Raphaelite School setting the tone for a return to natural forms that prefigured the Arts and Crafts Movement. Proust, Tolstoy, and Gandhi round out an international assemblage who admired Ruskin for his poetry and Christian Socialist philosophy.

Greg Bover

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