John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art historian, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.
Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.