John Ruskin on Architecture
1819–1900 England
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Ornamentation is the principal part of architecture, considered as a subject of fine art.
No person who is not a great sculptor or painter, can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.
Architecture is the work of nations.
It was stated, * * * that the value of architecture depended on two distinct characters:—the one, the impression it receives from human power; the other, the image it bears of the natural creation.
I would have, then, our ordinary dwelling-houses built to last, and built to be lovely; as rich and full of pleasantness as may be within and without: * * * with such differences as might suit and express each man's character and occupation, and partly his history.