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Quote by William Morris
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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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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

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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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The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make. – William Morris

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The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself. – Emmet Fox

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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. Thats how I get my kicks. – Edward Koch

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Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in. – Jerry Saltz

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Music is Gods gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven. – Walter Savage Landor

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