William Morris Quotes
1834 – 1896
English designer, poet and socialist, a leader of the Arts and Crafts movement.
20 quotesAbout William Morris on Wikipedia
“The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.”
“I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”
“So I say, if you cannot learn to love real art; at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.”
“Forsooth, brothers, fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell.”
“Mastership hath many shifts whereby it striveth to keep itself alive in the world.”
“If others can see it as I have seen it, then it may be called a vision rather than a dream.”
“Wert thou more fickle than the restless sea, / Still should I love thee, knowing thee for such.”
“Now such an one for daughter Creon had / As maketh wise men fools and young men mad.”
“Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, / Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?”
“Forget six counties overhung with smoke, / Forget the snorting steam and piston stroke,”
“Pray but one prayer for me 'twixt thy closed lips, / Think but one thought of me up in the stars.”
“Had she come all the way for this, / To part at last without a kiss?”
“Who might have bought a kingdom with a kiss, / Yea, half the world with such a sight as this.”
“Unheard-of wealth, unheard-of love is near, / If thou hast heart a little dread to bear.”
