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If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry, he had better shut up, he'll never do any good at all.

William Morris

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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
Compose
Epic
Poem
Shut
Better
Chap
Good
Chaps
Never
Weaving
Tapestry

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No pattern should be without some sort of meaning.
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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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You may hang your walls with tapestry insread of whitewash or paper or you may cover them with mosaic or have them frescoed by a great painter: all this is not luxury, if it be done for beauty's sake, and not for show: it does not break our golden rule: Have nothing in your houses which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
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I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
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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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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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If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.
William Morris
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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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When Socialism comes, it may be in such a form that we won't like it.
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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.
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The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.
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Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining.
William Morris
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As to the garden, it seems to me its chief fruit is-blackbirds.
William Morris
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Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh! The bitter wind makes not the victory vain. Nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky.
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...If our houses, or clothes, our household furniture and utensils are not works of art, they are either wretched makeshifts, or, what is worse, degrading shams of better things.
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Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.
William Morris
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It has become an article of the creed of modern morality that all labour is good in itself -- a convenient belief to those who live on the labour of others. But as to those on whom they live, I recommend them not to take it on trust, but to look into the matter a little deeper.
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If there is a reason for keeping the wall very quiet, choose a pattern that works all over without pronounced lines...Put very succinctly, architectural effect depends upon a nice balance of horizontal, vertical and oblique. No rules can say how much of each so nothing can really take the place of feeling and good judgement.
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My work is the embodiment of dreams in one form or another.
William Morris
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It is for him that is lonely or in prison to dream of fellowship, but for him that is of a fellowship to do and not to dream.
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