The sculptor must paint with his chisel; half his touches are not to realize, but to put power into, the form. They are touches of light and shadow, and raise a ridge, or sink a hollow, not to represent an actual ridge or hollow, but to get a line of light, or a spot of darkness.


The Seven Lamps of Architecture (ed. 1800)

John Ruskin Quotes

The sculptor must paint with his chisel; half his touches are not to realize, but to put power into, the form. They are touches of light and shadow,...

The sculptor must paint with his chisel; half his touches are not to realize, but to put power into, the form. They are touches of light and shadow,...

The sculptor must paint with his chisel; half his touches are not to realize, but to put power into, the form. They are touches of light and shadow,...

The sculptor must paint with his chisel; half his touches are not to realize, but to put power into, the form. They are touches of light and shadow,...