William Morris Quotes

If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful... view

By: William Morris

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

By: William Morris

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

By: William Morris

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

By: 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... view

By: William Morris

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on.. view

By: William Morris

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

By: William Morris

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works... view

By: William Morris

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name... view

By: William Morris

If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art... view

By: William Morris

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

By: William Morris

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed.. view

By: William Morris

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

By: William Morris

Give me love and work - these two only... view

By: William Morris

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

By: William Morris