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

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

To do nothing but grumble and not to act - that is throwing away one's life.

To do nothing but grumble and not to act - that is throwing away one's life.

- William Morris

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

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

- 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

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

Give me love and work - these two only.

Give me love and work - these two only.

- 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

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