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Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
William Morris
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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
Happiness
Simplify
Simple
Organize
House
Useful
Beautiful
Simplicity
Nothing
Tiny
Minimalist
Believe
Design
Minimalism
Life
Humor
Tidy
Beauty
Clutter
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Forsooth, brethren, fellowship is heaven and lack of fellowship is hell fellowship is life and lack of fellowship is death and the deeds that ye do upon the earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them.
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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created.
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Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gainIn some wise may come ending to my painIt may be yet the Gods will have me glad!Yet, Love, I would that thee and pain I had!
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From out the throng and stress of lies, From out the painful noise of sighs, One voice of comfort seems to rise: It is the meaner part that dies.
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Free men must live simple lives and have simple pleasures.
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There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.
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Late February days and now, at last, Might you have thought that Winter's woe was past So fair the sky was and so soft the air.
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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.
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There was a knight came riding by In early spring, when the roads were dry And he heard that lady sing at the noon, Two red roses across the moon.
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By God! I will not tell you more to-day, Judge any way you will - what matters it?
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If we feel the least degradation in being amorous, or merry or hungry, or sleepy, we are so far bad animals & miserable men.
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That talk of inspiration is sheer nonsense there is no such thing. It is a mere matter of craftsmanship.
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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.
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The wind is not helpless for any man's need, Nor falleth the rain but for thistle and weed.
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Beauty, which is what is meant by art, using the word in its widest sense, is, I contend, no mere accident to human life, which people can take or leave as they choose, but a positive necessity of life.
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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.
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A pattern is either right or wrong...it is no stronger than its weakest point.
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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.
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Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.
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