History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. – 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
If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art. – William Morris
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. – William Morris
Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing. To morals belong the lower and less intellectual spheres. – Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, 1891