"Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation." ― John Ruskin Topic(s): Experience Tags: force, skill, unified More From John Ruskin "A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money." "The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education." "It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us." More In Experience "I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric."― Cate Blanchett "I think we’re the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It’s not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great part of what it is to be human."― Rainn Wilson "In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word."― Bertrand Russell