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

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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
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William M. Morris
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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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By God! I will not tell you more to-day, Judge any way you will - what matters it?
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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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Don't think too much of style.
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The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Godhead fires, the soul attains.
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A pattern is either right or wrong...it is no stronger than its weakest point.
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If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.
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No pattern should be without some sort of meaning.
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What is an artist but a workman who is determined that, whatever else happens, his work shall be excellent?
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Speak but one word to me.
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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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The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
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Free men must live simple lives and have simple pleasures.
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Yea, I have looked, and seen November there The changeless seal of change it seemed to be, Fair death of things that, living once, were fair Bright sign of loneliness too great for me, Strange image of the dread eternity, In whose void patience how can these have part, These outstretched feverish hands, this restless heart?
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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.
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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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As to the garden, it seems to me its chief fruit is-blackbirds.
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I think the thing that impressed me is (AT&T CEO Michael) Armstrong's strategic vision and the fact that he's got John Malone (TCI's chairman) to go along. There's a real commitment to build a new AT&T.
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There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.
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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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