All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.


The Works of John Ruskin: Modern painters, v.1-5 (ed. 1887)

John Ruskin Quotes

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.