John Ruskin on Writing
Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.
John Ruskin on Work
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it: They must not do too much of it: And they must have a sense of success in it.
John Ruskin on Work
...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.