“The entire vitality of art depends upon its being either full of truth, or full of use; and that, however pleasant, wonderful, or impressive it may be in itself, it must yet be of inferior kind, and tend to deeper inferiority, unless it has clearly one of these main objects, either to state a true thing, or to adorn a serviceable one.” KindMayArtStatesUseWonderfulObjectsDependsDeeperPleasantInferiorsVitalityImpressiveInferiorityTrue Things Book:Selections From the Works of John Ruskin Source: Selections From the Works of John Ruskin
“Any kind of writing that's meaningful becomes hard work, so there were times when it would really flow, there were times when I'd get 10 pages a day, and then there were days when I would do three pages. Depends on the thickness of the material. If it's satisfying, it's hard, but it's pretty wonderful.” IfsWritingKindHardThreeWonderfulMaterialsHard WorkDependsPagesFlowMeaningfulSatisfyingThickness Author:Steve Guttenberg
“The day when we shall know exactly what electricity is will chronicle an event probably greater, more important than any other recorded in the history of the human race. The time will come when the comfort, the very existence, perhaps, of man will depend upon that wonderful agent.” KnowsMenHumansImportantRaceExistenceGreaterWonderfulEventsDependsComfortAgentsHuman RaceElectricityChronicles Book:On Light and Other High Frequency Source: On Light and Other High Frequency