Μερικά λόγια του Ράσκιν για την παρατήρηση και τη φύση ως δάσκαλο:"And your success in this study will depend far more on yourself, and on the education you give your own mind, than on any instruction from men or books, if you accustom yourself with every shadow and colour you notice to enquire, “Why is this shadow of such a form, and such a depth, how will it change as the sun moves, how does it depend on the form of the object casting it, how far is it a repetition of this form, wherein and why does it differ, whence the colour is cast, why cast, when it is possible” and so on, with every circumstance, if with every thing that pleases you, or the contrary— you inquire which is right — you or it — and why right, you will gradually acquire an acquaintance with facts and principles — which will render your drawings not merely pieces of fine feeling, but embodied systems of beauty with the stamp of truth on every line. [...]
Watch nature constantly, and let the spirit of your contemplation be a perpetual 'Why'
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