“ The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. William Morris
“ I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. William Morris
“ I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and… William Morris
“ So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, an… William Morris
“ OctoberO love, turn from the changing sea and gaze,Down these grey slopes, upon the year grown old,A-dying 'mid the autumn-scented hazeThat hangeth o'er the hollow in the wold,Where the wind-bitten an… William Morris
“ A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help… William Morris
“ Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. William Morris
“ The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make. William Morris
“ History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. William Morris
“ Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. William Morris
“ It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last. William Morris
“ Whiles in the early Winter eve We pass amid the gathering night Some homestead that we had to leave Years past; and see its candles bright Shine in the room beside the door Where we were merry years a… William Morris
“ If others can see it as I have seen it, then it may be called a vision rather than a dream. William Morris
“ With the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. If I have succeeded in some small way, if only in one small corner of the world, amongst the men and wo… William Morris
“ If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris
