William Morris Quotes

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• The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

  William Morris

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.94, Cambridge University Press

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• Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

  William Morris

  Life, Happiness, Beauty

  Hopes and Fears for Art "The Beauty of Life" (1882)

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• Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.

  William Morris

  Art, People, Joy

  William Morris, Norman Kelvin (1999). “William Morris on Art and Socialism”, p.40, Courier Corporation

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• I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.

  William Morris

  Encouragement, Hands, Long

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• There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.

  William Morris

  Beautiful, Design, No Excuses

  May Morris, William Morris, Bernard Shaw (1936). “William Morris: artist, writer, socialist”

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• 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

  Past, Reality, Alive

  William Morris (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)”, p.6497, Delphi Classics

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• No pattern should be without some sort of meaning.

  William Morris

  Design, Patterns, Interior Design

  William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.111, Cambridge University Press

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• Artists cannot help themselves; they are driven to create by their nature, but for that nature to truly thrive, we need to preserve the precious habitat in which that beauty can flourish.

  William Morris

  Artist, Needs, Habitat

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• If i were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for, I should answer, A beautiful House.

  William Morris

  Beautiful, Art, House

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• My work is the embodiment of dreams in one form or another.

  William Morris

  Dream, Design, Embodiment

  William Morris, Krishan Kumar (1995). “Morris: News from Nowhere”, p.16, Cambridge University Press

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• Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.

  William Morris

  Simple, Simplicity, Foundation

  William Morris, Norman Kelvin (1999). “William Morris on Art and Socialism”, p.77, Courier Corporation

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• We are only the trustees for those who come after us.

  William Morris

  Trustees

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• What I mean by Socialism is a condition of society in which there should be neither rich nor poor, neither master nor master's man, neither idle nor overworked, neither brain­slack brain workers, nor heart­sick hand workers, in a word, in which all men would be living in equality of condition, and would manage their affairs unwastefully, and with the full consciousness that harm to one would mean harm to all - the realisation at last of the meaning of the word 'commonwealth.'

  William Morris

  Mean, Heart, Men

  "How I Became a Socialist". Justice newspaper, www.marxists.org. June 16, 1894.

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• History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

  William Morris

  Art, Kings, Warrior

  William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.32, Cambridge University Press

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• I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

  William Morris

  Art, Want, Art Education

  William Morris, Norman Kelvin (1999). “William Morris on Art and Socialism”, p.17, Courier Corporation

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• Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.

  William Morris

  Men, Makers, Made

  William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.205, Cambridge University Press

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• What is an artist but a workman who is determined that, whatever else happens, his work shall be excellent?

  William Morris

  Artist, Determined, Excellent

  William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.23, Cambridge University Press

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• Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

  William Morris

  Jewels, Jewelry, Jewellery

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• I know a little garden close
  Set thick with lily and red rose,
  Where I would wander if I might
  From dewy dawn to dewy night.
  And have one with me wandering.

  William Morris

  Flower, Night, Garden

  William Morris (1872). “The Life and Death of Jason: A Poem”, p.85

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• The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.

  William Morris

  Art, Luxury, Atmosphere

  William Morris, Norman Kelvin (1999). “William Morris on Art and Socialism”, p.52, Courier Corporation

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• No man is good enough to be another's master.

  William Morris

  Men, Enough, Good Enough

  William Morris (2017). “V&A Introduces: William Morris”, p.10, Penguin UK

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• Give me love and work - these two only.

  William Morris

  Love, Two, Giving

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• I half wish that I had not been born with a sense of romance and beauty in this accursed age.

  William Morris

  Romance, Design, Age

  William Morris (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)”, p.7060, Delphi Classics

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• If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.

  William Morris

  Art, Hate, Real

  William Morris (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)”, p.6494, Delphi Classics

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• Do not be afraid of large patterns, if properly designed they are more restful to the eye than small ones: on the whole, a pattern where the structure is large and the details much broken up is the most useful...very small rooms, as well as very large ones, look better ornamented with large patterns.

  William Morris

  Eye, Small Rooms, Broken

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