 Beautiful forms and compositions are not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense. A composition for cheapness, and not for excellence of workmanship, is the most frequent and certain cause of the rapid decay and entire...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2331867Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Smiles - 1894 - 354 pages
...well as the best quality, of the goods which he offered for sale. In one of his catalogues he said : " A competition for cheapness, and not for excellence...decay and entire destruction of arts and manufactures. . . This observation is equally applicable to manufactures and to the productions of the fine arts... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1895 - 348 pages
...of his catalogues he said : " A competition for cheapness, and not for excellence of icorJcmanship, is the most frequent and certain cause of the rapid...decay and entire destruction of arts and manufactures. . . This observation is equally applicable to manufactures and to the productions of the fine arts... | |
 | 1914 - 272 pages
...and compositions are not made by chance, nor can they ever in any material be made at small expense. A competition for cheapness and not for excellence...is the most frequent and certain cause of the rapid decline and entire destruction of arts and manufactures. — RUSKIN. JH FURST COMPANY, PRINTERS AND... | |
 | Arthur Hayden - 1904 - 324 pages
...establishment it has been continually improving both in the variety and in the perfection of its productions. " A competition for cheapness, and not for excellence...merchants to ruin the reputation of the articles which they manufacture and deal in ; and whilst those who buy, for the sake of a fallacious saving, prefer... | |
 | Arthur Hayden - 1904 - 324 pages
...establishment it has been continually improving both in the variety and in the perfection of its productions. " A competition for cheapness, and not for excellence...decay and entire destruction of arts and manufactures. respect to the taste or quality of the goods, leads manufacturers and merchants to ruin the reputation... | |
 | University of the State of New York - 1904 - 916 pages
...not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense. A composition of cheapness, and not for excellence of workmanship,...and entire destruction of arts and manufactures." My experience has proved 1 George Jay Gould, born in New York, 1864. = John Ruskin, horn in London,... | |
 | 1904 - 566 pages
...highest possible service to the Dental Profession. Our effort is to excel in workmanship every time. "A competition for cheapness, and not for excellence...workmanship, is the most frequent and certain cause of the decay and entire destruction of arts and manufactures." This sentence, which we have often quoted,... | |
 | 1907 - 620 pages
...are not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense. A composition for cheapness, and not for excellence of workmanship,...is the most frequent and certain cause of the rapid j[decay and] entire destruction of arts and manufactures. — Ruskin. AN EXCELLENT REDUCER. BY FRED... | |
 | 1908 - 810 pages
...not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense. A composition of cheapness, and not for excellence of workmanship,...and entire destruction of arts and manufactures." My experience has proved th.it the American people are always willing to pay for costly articles if... | |
 | 1912 - 708 pages
...one that does not leave satisfaction on the side of all concerned. lAnd Ruskin wrote : "A composition for cheapness and not for excellence of workmanship is the most frequent and certain cause of the raprd decay and entire destruction of arts and manufacture." Optimism should be the creed of every... | |
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