Author: William Morris

Quotes

It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.

It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.

- William Morris

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

- William Morris

I don't remember being taught to read, and by the time I was seven years old, I had read a very great many books, good, bad, and indifferent.

I don't remember being taught to read, and by the time I was seven years old, I had read a very great many books, good, bad, and indifferent.

- William Morris

Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.

Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.

- William Morris

I am going, if I can, to be an architect, and I am too old already, and there is no time to lose.

I am going, if I can, to be an architect, and I am too old already, and there is no time to lose.

- William Morris

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

- William Morris

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

- William Morris

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

- William Morris

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

- William Morris

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