William Morris Quotes & Sayings
14 most famous William Morris quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an English designer who passed away on 3 October, 1896.
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”
“I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”
“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, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.”
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
“The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.”
“The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?”
“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.”
“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 him as he works.”
“If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.”
“It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.”
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