If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.

Quote by William Morris

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If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of...

If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of...

No man is good enough to be another's master.

No man is good enough to be another's master.

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means...

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means...

Give me love and work - these two only

Give me love and work - these two only

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people,...

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people,...

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from...

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from...

It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because...

It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art.

If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art.

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of...

Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of...

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the...

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the...

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in...

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in...

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works,...

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works,...

We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them...

We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them...