Author: William Morris

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

- William Morris

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

I want a real revolution, a real change in society: society, a great organic mass of well-regulated forces used for the bringing-about a happy life for all.

I want a real revolution, a real change in society: society, a great organic mass of well-regulated forces used for the bringing-about a happy life for all.

- 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

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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