There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of learning French, Latin or arithmetic, in a decent and useful degree.


Ruskin's Works: The ethics of the dust ; Fiction, fair and foul ; The elements of drawing

John Ruskin Quotes

There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of learning French, ...

There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of learning French, ...

There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of learning French, ...

There is a satisfactory and available power in every one to learn drawing if he wishes, just as nearly all persons have the power of learning French, ...