Author: William Morris

Quotes

No man is good enough to be another's master.

No man is good enough to be another's master.

- William Morris

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.

- 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

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

- 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

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

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

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

- William Morris

If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.

If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.

- 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

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