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I half wish that I had not been born with a sense of romance and beauty in this accursed age.
William Morris
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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
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There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.
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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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O thrush, your song is passing sweet, But never a song that you have sung Is half so sweet as thrushes sang When my dear love and I were young.
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Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining.
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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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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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When Socialism comes, it may be in such a form that we won't like it.
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A pattern is either right or wrong...it is no stronger than its weakest point.
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We are only the trustees for those who come after us.
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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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That talk of inspiration is sheer nonsense there is no such thing. It is a mere matter of craftsmanship.
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To happy folkAll heaviest words no more of meaning bearThan far-off bells saddening the Summer air.
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Architecture would lead us to all the arts, as it did with earlier mean: but if we despise it and take no note of how we are housed, the other arts will have a hard time of it indeed.
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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.
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As to the garden, it seems to me its chief fruit is-blackbirds.
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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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Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.
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Death have we hated, knowing not what it meant Life we have loved, through green leaf and through sere, Though still the less we knew of its intent.
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The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.
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