John Ruskin once wrote, “The more I think of it I find this conclusion more impressed upon me— that the greatest thing a human soul ever does is to see something, and tell what is saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for...
Share this article: LinkedIn X Facebook 分享 Dominic Fitch is head of creative change at Impact Impact recently welcomed a group of senior learning professionals to bring their complex challenges to a one-day immersive retreat in the heart of the Lake District. In this article Dom reflects on...
米契爾先生提到的John Ruskin是整個十九世紀美學的奠基者,受到他啟發的,除了中央公園設計者Frederick Law Olmsted和Calvert Vaux之外,當然還有工藝美術運動和新藝術的成員,如William Morris, Philip Webb, Victor Horta等設計師和建築師。米契爾質疑風景和設計師對於自然元素的借用,等於是質疑整個浪漫主義運動的外顯媒介,自...
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John Ruskin once said “ In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.” Fortunato, from “ The Cask of Amontillado”, became so immersed into his pride that he didn’t notice as it lead to one of his gravest mistakes resulting in his death. In “ The Cask of Amontillado...
The name Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, is an indication of his influence in that part of the world. As a student at Oxford University, Rhodes was inspired by a fine arts professor called John Ruskin...The views of John Ruskin and his articulate promotion of them brought about a revolution in ...
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.” (John Ruskin) Esoterica: It dawned on me during a recent conversation with a new contemporary art magazine that it’s been 25 years since my first show. I observed in my memory — like a floating, orbiting...
“Taste,” Ruskin declared, “is not only a part and an index of morality — it is the ONLY morality.” Carey has little trouble demolishing this sentiment, though I wish he had found more original examples than Hitler’s tastes in opera and the fact that Auschwitz guards could listen to...
Nothing Is What We Think It Is Sparknotes Chapter one in the book “The Achievement Habit‚" by Bernard Roth‚ explains how nothing is what we think it is. Bernard Roth is a professor of engineering at Stanford University. He has been teaching there for over 50 years. He wrote this...
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