Author: William Morris

Quotes

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

- William Morris

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

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

- 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

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

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