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There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.

William Morris

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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
Anything
Strikingly
Excuse
Design
Beautiful

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So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die that is to say, civilization will die.
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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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Earth, left silent by the wind of night,Seems shrunken 'neath the gray unmeasured height.
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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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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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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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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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The wind is not helpless for any man's need, Nor falleth the rain but for thistle and weed.
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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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We are only the trustees for those who come after us.
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Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.
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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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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created.
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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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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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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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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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And the deeds that ye do upon this earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them.
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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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I half wish that I had not been born with a sense of romance and beauty in this accursed age.
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