The nature of Gothic : a chapter of The stones of Venice (1892)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Morris, William, 1834-1896, Kelmscott Press · Hammersmith : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press ; London and Orpington : Published by George Allen · leaf 27
r to recognize as an essential character of the existing architecture of the North, or to admit as a desirable character in that which it yet may be, this wildness of thought, and roughness of work; this look of mountain brotherhood between the cathe^ dral and the Alp; this magnificence of sturdy… … strong spirit of men who may not gather redund^ant fruitage from the earth^not bask in dreamy be^nignity or sunshine^ but must break the rock forbread, and cleave the forest for fire, & show, evenin what they did for their delight, some of the hardhabits of the arm and heart that grew on them…
Architecture, Gothic
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