Quote by William Morris
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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. – William Morris

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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. – William Morris

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

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Art
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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 and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die that is to say, civilization will die. – William Morris

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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. – Salma Hayek

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Art

Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology. – Catherine Deneuve

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Art

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man. – Helen Rowland

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Art

Sometimes for an artist the only difference between insanity and genius is success. – Edward Allen Bernero, Criminal Minds, “True Night” (season3, episode10), origina

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I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent. – Giacomo Casanova

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