Quote by William Morris
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destro

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

Other quotes by William Morris

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

Category:
Experience
Read Quote

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

Category:
Art
Read Quote

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

Category:
Imagination
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Art
category

I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. – Andy Warhol

Category:
Art

An art which isnt based on feeling isnt an art at all. – Paul Cezanne

Category:
Art

Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics arent necessarily more high-minded than gallerists. – Jerry Saltz

Category:
Art

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. – G.K. Chesterton

Category:
Art

Random Quotes

I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first. – Karl Lagerfeld

Category:
War

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. – Thomas A. Edison

Category:
Failure

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. – Benjamin Disraeli

You need to learn to be happy by nature, because you’ll seldom have the chance to be happy by circumstance. – Lavetta Sue Wegman

Category:
Happiness