What did John Ruskin mean by: What is poetry? The suggestion, by the imagination, of noble grounds for the noble emotions. - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England Copy
+ All of one’s life is music, if one touches the notes rightly, and in time. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Ruskin, Notes, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ The last act crowns the play. Feraz Zeid, July 11, 2023December 12, 2023, John Ruskin, Crowns, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ruskin, Country, Noble, Numbers, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ The wisest men are wise to the full in death. Feraz Zeid, October 19, 2023December 26, 2023, John Ruskin, Wise, Wisest Man, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Ruskin, Gold, Greatness, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ Genius is only a superior power of seeing. Feraz Zeid, June 5, 2023December 12, 2023, John Ruskin, Genius, Superiors, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ He who is not actively kind is cruel! Feraz Zeid, August 2, 2023December 12, 2023, John Ruskin, Animal, Animal rights, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
+ That which seems to be wealth may in verity be only the gilded index of far reaching ruin Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ruskin, Ruins, Wealth, 0 - John Ruskin Art critic and social thinker · England
Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination. - George Henry Lewes Philosopher and literary critic · England
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry. - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination. - William Hazlitt Essayist · England
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France