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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
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We are only the trustees for those who come after us.
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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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It is the childlike part of us that produces works of the imagination. When we were children time passed so slow with us that we seemed to have time for everything.
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As to the garden, it seems to me its chief fruit is-blackbirds.
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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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The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
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A pattern is either right or wrong...it is no stronger than its weakest point.
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A world made to be lost, - A bitter life 'twixt pain and nothing tost.
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Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be 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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...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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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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Large or small, [the garden] should be orderly and rich. It should be well fenced from the outside world. It should by no means imitate either the willfulness or the wildness of nature, but should look like a thing never to be seen except near the house. It should, in fact, look like part of the house.
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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.
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Speak not, move not, but listen, the sky is full of gold. No ripple on the river, no stir in field or fold, All gleams but naught doth glisten, but the far-off unseen sea. Forget days past, heart broken, put all memory by! No grief on the green hillside, no pity in the sky, Joy that may not be spoken fills mead and flower and tree.
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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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Don't think too much of style.
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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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If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.
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Another thing much too commonly seen, is an aberration of the human mind which otherwise I should have been ashamed to warn you of. It is technically called carpet-gardening. Need I explain it further? I had rather not, for when I think of it, even when I am quite alone, I blush with shame at the thought.
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