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

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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Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.



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Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.

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What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do



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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.



When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.



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Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.





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