John Ruskin Quote

No ornaments... are so cold, clumsy, and vulgar, so essentially incapable of a fine line, or shadow, as those of cast iron.

The Seven Lamps of Architecture, Chapter 2 (p. 46)

No ornaments... are so cold, clumsy, and vulgar, so essentially incapable of a fine line, or shadow, as those of cast iron.

No ornaments... are so cold, clumsy, and vulgar, so essentially incapable of a fine line, or shadow, as those of cast iron.

No ornaments... are so cold, clumsy, and vulgar, so essentially incapable of a fine line, or shadow, as those of cast iron.

No ornaments... are so cold, clumsy, and vulgar, so essentially incapable of a fine line, or shadow, as those of cast iron.