Quotation by

John Ruskin

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.

Teacher

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

John Ruskin means that music, when created and performed well, can guide people toward harmony and structure. However, if music is corrupted or poorly made, it can lead to confusion and chaos instead.

More by this author

All quotes by John Ruskin →

More quotes about Teacher

See all →

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example.

If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.

If we can teach a teacher we can reach more people.

Everyone will tell you how rigid I am, but a teacher has to be flexible. You can't cut the student to your cloth you have to cut yourself to theirs.

I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies.

I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks…