John Ruskin

    The Seven Lamps of Architecture of John Ruskin

It is the glistening and softly spoken lie; the amiable fallacy; the patriotic lie of the historian, the provident lie of the politician, the zealous lie of the partisan, the merciful lie of the friend, and the careless lie of each man to himself, that cast that black mystery over humanity, through which we thank any man who pierces, as we would thank one who dug a well in a desert.Chapter II: The Lamp of Truth, section 1.

I do not believe that ever any building was truly great, unless it had mighty masses, vigorous and deep, of shadow mingled with its surface.Chapter III: The Lamp of Power, section 13.

Work first and then rest. Work first, and then gaze, but do not use golden ploughshares, nor bind ledgers in enamel.Chapter IV: The Lamp of Beauty, section 19.

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.Chapter VI: The Lamp of Memory, section 10.

How false is the conception, how frantic the pursuit, of that treacherous phantom which men call Liberty.Chapter VII: The Lamp of Obedience, section 1.

Ruskin also proclaimed the principle of "fidelity to Nature," "Do not come from that, we love your creations more than him, and we appreciate the stained glass, not the bright clouds ... And, executing font and erecting a column in honor of Him ... we imagine that we just shameful disregard for the hills and streams, which He has given us the home of - earth "