174 Quotes by William Morris

You think that enough?” said I. “Yes,” said he, “and moreover it is all that we can do. If in addition we torture the man, we turn his grief into anger, and the humiliation he would otherwise feel for his wrong-doing is swallowed up by a hope of revenge for our wrong-doing to him.

...if these hours be dark, as indeed in many ways they are, at least do not let us sit deedless, like fools and fine gentlemen, thinking the common toil not good enough for us, and beaten by the muddle; but rather let us work like good fellows trying by some dim candle-light to set our workshop ready against to-morrow's daylight...

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful"- 1834

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

Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.

İnsanğlu yaşamını sürdürme konusunda kaygı duymaya gerek kalmadığını anladığında, isteyerek ve bilinçli bir şeklide gerçekleştirilirse makine işinden daha cazip olabilecek olan elle yapılan işe ilgi göstermeyi ve elle yapılan işten keyif almayı öğrendiğinde, makinelerin olağan şekilde aşırı kullanımı bir süre sonra muhtemelen bir biçimde kısıtlanacaktır.

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

As to the garden, it seems to me its chief fruit is-blackbirds.

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