Quote

The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Godhead fires, the soul attains.

William Morris

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
Desire
Refrains
Art
Godhead
Hands
Attains
Soul
Fires
Heart
Refrain
Desires
Fire
Hand

More quotes by William Morris

Image
There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.
William Morris
Image
Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining.
William Morris
Image
And the deeds that ye do upon this earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them.
William Morris
Image
It is for him that is lonely or in prison to dream of fellowship, but for him that is of a fellowship to do and not to dream.
William Morris
Image
Don't think too much of style.
William Morris
Image
No pattern should be without some sort of meaning.
William Morris
Image
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.
William Morris
Image
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.
William Morris
Image
Ornamental pattern work, to be raised above the contempt of reasonable men, must possess three qualities: beauty, imagination and order.
William Morris
Image
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
William Morris
Image
Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.
William Morris
Image
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.
William Morris
Image
Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.
William Morris
Image
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.
William Morris
Image
Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gainIn some wise may come ending to my painIt may be yet the Gods will have me glad!Yet, Love, I would that thee and pain I had!
William Morris
Image
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
William Morris
Image
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.
William Morris
Image
As to the garden, it seems to me its chief fruit is-blackbirds.
William Morris
Image
Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.
William Morris
Image
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?
William Morris