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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
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Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.
William Morris
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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.
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I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name.
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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 you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.
William Morris
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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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Earth, left silent by the wind of night,Seems shrunken 'neath the gray unmeasured height.
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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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By God! I will not tell you more to-day, Judge any way you will - what matters it?
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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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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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Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
William Morris
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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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When Socialism comes, it may be in such a form that we won't like it.
William Morris
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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.
William Morris
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A world made to be lost, - A bitter life 'twixt pain and nothing tost.
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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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Artists cannot help themselves they are driven to create by their nature, but for that nature to truly thrive, we need to preserve the precious habitat in which that beauty can flourish.
William Morris
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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.
William Morris
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No man is good enough to be another's master.
William Morris