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I have said as much as that the aim of art was to destroy the curse of labour by making work the pleasurable satisfaction of our impulse towards energy, and giving to that energy hope of producing something worth its exercise.

William Morris

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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
Giving
Satisfaction
Work
Towards
Pleasurable
Much
Exercise
Producing
Something
Worth
Labour
Hope
Curse
Making
Impulse
Energy
Aim
Art
Destroy

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