William Morris's Quotes

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

William Morris

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

William Morris

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

William Morris

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

William Morris

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

William Morris

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

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.

William Morris

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

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.

William Morris