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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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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 true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
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The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?
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The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.
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You may hang your walls with tapestry insread of whitewash or paper or you may cover them with mosaic or have them frescoed by a great painter: all this is not luxury, if it be done for beauty's sake, and not for show: it does not break our golden rule: Have nothing in your houses which you do not know to be useful or believe to be 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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Ornamental pattern work, to be raised above the contempt of reasonable men, must possess three qualities: beauty, imagination and order.
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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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I half wish that I had not been born with a sense of romance and beauty in this accursed age.
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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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Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.
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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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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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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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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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A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works.
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My work is the embodiment of dreams in one form or another.
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No pattern should be without some sort of meaning.
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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 wind is not helpless for any man's need, Nor falleth the rain but for thistle and weed.
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