"The purest ...."

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.

John Ruskin

"To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set ...."

“To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set;

To draw hard breath over plowshare or spade;

To read, to think, to love, to pray, - these

are the things that make men happy.”

John Ruskin