It is utterly impossible for an edifice altogether of brick to look affected or absurd; it may look rude, it may look vulgar, it may look disgusting, in a wrong place; but it cannot look foolish, for it is incapable of pretension.


The Poetry of Architecture: Cottage, Villa, Etc., The Villa (pp. 166-167)

John Ruskin Quotes

It is utterly impossible for an edifice altogether of brick to look affected or absurd; it may look rude, it may look vulgar, it may look disgusting, ...

It is utterly impossible for an edifice altogether of brick to look affected or absurd; it may look rude, it may look vulgar, it may look disgusting, ...

It is utterly impossible for an edifice altogether of brick to look affected or absurd; it may look rude, it may look vulgar, it may look disgusting, ...

It is utterly impossible for an edifice altogether of brick to look affected or absurd; it may look rude, it may look vulgar, it may look disgusting, ...