William Morris > Quotes

“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
― William Morris

“...I do not want art for a few; any more than education for a few; or freedom for a few... ”
― William Morris

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
― William Morris

“A good way to rid one's self of a sense of discomfort is to do something. That uneasy, dissatisfied feeling is actual force vibrating out of order; it may be turned to practical account by giving proper expression to its creative character.”
― William Morris

“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.”
― William Morris

“We are only the trustees for those who come after us.”
― William Morris, William Morris by Himself: Designs and Writings

“Have nothing in your house you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
― William Morris

“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

“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 women I love, then I shall count myself blessed, and blessed, and blessed, and the work goes on.”
― William Morris, The Well at the World's End, Vol 1

“Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.”
― William Morris