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" I would rather teach drawing that my pupils may learn to love Nature, than teach the looking at Nature that they may learn to draw. "
The Works of John Ruskin: The elements of drawing. The elements of ... - Page xi
by John Ruskin - 1889
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The Elements of Drawing: In Three Letters to Beginners

John Ruskin - 1857 - 430 pages
...is very little difficulty in drawing what we see ; but, even supposing that this difficulty be still great, I believe that the sight is a more important...also a more important thing, for young people and unprofessional students, to know how to appreciate the art of others, than to gain much power in art...
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The Elements of Drawing: In Three Letters to Beginners

John Ruskin - 1857 - 400 pages
...is very little difficulty in drawing what we see ; but, even supposing that this difficulty be still great, I believe that the sight is a more important...also a more important thing, for young people and unprofessional students, to know how to appreciate the art of others, than to gain much power in art...
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The Elements of Drawing: In Three Letters to Beginners

John Ruskin - 1858 - 244 pages
...is very little difficulty in drawing what we see ; but, even supposing that this difficulty be still great, I believe that the sight is a more important...surely also a more important thing for young people and unprofessional students, to know how to appreciate the art of others, than to gain much power in art...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 64

1858 - 544 pages
...aside from that, as one in his splendid series on the education of the eye. " I believe," he says, " that the sight is a more important thing than the...the looking at Nature, that they may learn to draw." Without discussing the details of his method, which those who desire will study for themselves, we...
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Elements of Art Criticism: Comprising a Treatise on the Principles of Man's ...

George Whitefield Samson - 1867 - 852 pages
...there is very little difficulty in drawing what we see ; but even supposing this difficulty to be still great, I believe that the sight is a more important...drawing that my pupils may learn to love Nature than to teach the looking at Nature that they may learn to draw. It is surely, also, a more important thing...
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Elements of Art Criticism, Comprising a Treatise on the Principles of Man's ...

George Whitefield Samson - 1868 - 440 pages
...there is very little difficulty in drawing what we see ; but even supposing this difficulty to be still great, I believe that the sight is a more important...drawing that my pupils may learn to love Nature than to teach the looking at Nature that they may learn to draw. It is surely, also, a more important thing...
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Elements of Art Criticism: Comprising a Treatise on the Principles of Man's ...

George Whitefield Samson - 1876 - 846 pages
...there is very little difficulty in drawing what we see; but even supposing this difficulty to be still great, I believe that the sight is a more important...and I would rather teach drawing that my pupils may learu to love Nature than to teach the looking at Nature that they may learn to draw. It is surely,...
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The Elements of Drawing: In 3 Letters to Beginners

John Ruskin - 1888 - 272 pages
...that when once we see keenly enough, there is very little difficulty in drawing ' what we see ; but, even supposing that this difficulty be stil great,...surely also a more important thing for young people and unprofessional students, to know how to appreciate the art of others, than to gain much power in art...
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The Kindergarten for Teachers and Parents, Volume 1

1888 - 356 pages
...will help us out again: "That one may learn to see truly: * * seeing is more important than drawing. I would rather teach drawing, that my pupils may learn...Nature, that they may learn to draw. It is surely a more important thing for young people and students to know how to appreciate the art of others, than...
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The Complete Works of John Ruskin, Volume 16

John Ruskin - 1891 - 440 pages
...is very little difficulty in drawing what we see ; but, even supposing that this difficulty be still great, I believe that the sight is a more important...surely also a more important thing for young people and unprofessional students, to know how to appreciate the art of others, than to gain much power in art...
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