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

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Experience
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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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Art
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Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement… for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. – Max Beckmann

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To send light into the darkness of mens hearts – such is the duty of the artist. – Robert Schumann

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Art

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. – Pablo Picasso

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Life is not an exact science, it is an art. – Samuel Butler

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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. – Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary

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What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Too often we… enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. – John F. Kennedy

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