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William Morris Quotes

I have said as much as that the aim of art was to destroy the curse of labour by making work the pleasurable satisfaction of our impulse towards energy, and giving to that energy hope of producing something worth its exercise Picture Quote #1

Worthy work carries with it the hope of pleasure in rest, the hope of the pleasure in our using what it makes, and the hope of pleasure in our daily creative skill. All other work but this is worthless; it is slaves' work - mere toiling to live, that we may live to toil Picture Quote #1

Eve shall kiss night, and the leaves stir like rain as the wind stealeth light o'er the grass of the plain. Unseen are thine eyes mid the dreamy night's sleeping, and on my mouth there lies the dear rain of thy weeping Picture Quote #1

If others can see it as I have seen it, then it may be called a vision rather than a dream Picture Quote #1

Let us speak, love, together some words of our story, that our lips as they part may remember the glory! O soft day, o calm day, made clear for our sake! Picture Quote #1

The question of who are the best people to take charge of children is a very difficult one; but it is quite certain that the parents are the very worst Picture Quote #1

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Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement; a sanded floor and whitewashed walls and the green trees, and flowery meads, and living waters outside Picture Quote #1

Memory and imagination help [a man] as he works. Not only his own thoughts, but the thoughts of the men of past ages guide his hands; and, as part of the human race, he creates Picture Quote #1

Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, why should I strive to set the crooked straight? Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme beats with light wing against the ivory gate, telling a tale not too importunate, to those who in the sleepy region stay, lulled by the singer of an empty day Picture Quote #1

This land is a little land; too much shut up within the narrow seas, as it seems, to have much space for swelling into hugeness Picture Quote #1

Wind, wind! Thou art sad, art thou kind? Wind, wind, unhappy! Thou art blind, yet still thou wanderest the lily-seed to find Picture Quote #1

I love art, and I love history, but it is living art and living history that I love. It is in the interest of living art and living history that I oppose so-called restoration. What history can there be in a building bedaubed with ornament, which cannot at the best be anything but a hopeless and lifeless imitation of the hope and vigor of the earlier world? Picture Quote #1

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Of rich men it telleth, and strange is the story how they have, and they hanker, and grip far and wide; and they live and they die, and the Earth and its glory has been but a burden they scarce might abide Picture Quote #1

Hope is our life when first our life grows clear, hope and delight, scarce crossed by lines of fear: yet the day comes when fain we would not hope - but for as much as we with life must cope, struggling with this and that - and who knows why? Hope will not give us up to certainty, but still must bide with us Picture Quote #1

Forsooth, brethren, fellowship is heaven and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life and lack of fellowship is death; and the deeds that ye do upon the Earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them Picture Quote #1

So spake those wary foes, fair friends in look, and so in words great gifts they gave and took, and had small profit, and small loss thereby Picture Quote #1

... [Nature] ever bearing witness against man that he has deliberately chosen ugliness instead of beauty Picture Quote #1

I wish my friends at William Morris Endeavor all the best Picture Quote #1

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Wert thou more fickle than the restless sea, still should I love thee, knowing thee for such Picture Quote #1

Of heaven or hell I have no power to sing, I cannot ease the burden of your fears, or make quick-coming death a little thing, or bring again the pleasure of past years, nor for my words shall ye forget your tears, or hope again for aught that I can say, the idle singer of an empty day Picture Quote #1

To happy folk all heaviest words no more of meaning bear than far-off bells saddening the summer air Picture Quote #1

Late February days; and now, at last, might you have thought that winter's woe was past; so fair the sky was and so soft the air Picture Quote #1

Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gain; in some wise may come ending to my pain; it may be yet the Gods will have me glad! Yet, love, I would that thee and pain I had! Picture Quote #1

Rejoice, lest pleasureless ye die. Within a little time must ye go by. Stretch forth your open hands, and while ye live take all the gifts that death and life may give! Picture Quote #1

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Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh! The bitter wind makes not thy victory vain, nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky Picture Quote #1

Masters, I have to tell a tale of woe, a tale of folly and of wasted life, hope against hope, the bitter dregs of strife, ending, where all things end, in death at last Picture Quote #1

From out the throng and stress of lies, from out the painful noise of sighs, one voice of comfort seems to rise: it is the meaner part that dies Picture Quote #1

O thrush, your song is passing sweet but never a song that you have sung, is half so sweet as thrushes sang when my dear love and I were young Picture Quote #1

With no rest of the night; for I waked mid a story of a land wherein love is the light and the lord, where my tale shall be heard, and my wounds gain a glory, and my tears be a treasure to add to the hoard of pleasure laid up for his people's reward Picture Quote #1

Pray but one prayer for me 'twixt thy closed lips, think but one thought of me up in the stars Picture Quote #1

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I have said as much as that the aim of art was to destroy the curse of labour by making work the pleasurable satisfaction of our impulse towards energy, and giving to that energy hope of producing something worth its exercise (William Morris Quotes) Worthy work carries with it the hope of pleasure in rest, the hope of the pleasure in our using what it makes, and the hope of pleasure in our daily creative skill. All other work but this is worthless; it is slaves' work - mere toiling to live, that we may live to toil (William Morris Quotes) Eve shall kiss night, and the leaves stir like rain as the wind stealeth light o'er the grass of the plain. Unseen are thine eyes mid the dreamy night's sleeping, and on my mouth there lies the dear rain of thy weeping (William Morris Quotes) If others can see it as I have seen it, then it may be called a vision rather than a dream (William Morris Quotes) Let us speak, love, together some words of our story, that our lips as they part may remember the glory! O soft day, o calm day, made clear for our sake! (William Morris Quotes) The question of who are the best people to take charge of children is a very difficult one; but it is quite certain that the parents are the very worst (William Morris Quotes) Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement; a sanded floor and whitewashed walls and the green trees, and flowery meads, and living waters outside (William Morris Quotes) Memory and imagination help [a man] as he works. Not only his own thoughts, but the thoughts of the men of past ages guide his hands; and, as part of the human race, he creates (William Morris Quotes) Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, why should I strive to set the crooked straight? Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme beats with light wing against the ivory gate, telling a tale not too importunate, to those who in the sleepy region stay, lulled by the singer of an empty day (William Morris Quotes) This land is a little land; too much shut up within the narrow seas, as it seems, to have much space for swelling into hugeness (William Morris Quotes) Wind, wind! Thou art sad, art thou kind? Wind, wind, unhappy! Thou art blind, yet still thou wanderest the lily-seed to find (William Morris Quotes) I love art, and I love history, but it is living art and living history that I love. It is in the interest of living art and living history that I oppose so-called restoration. What history can there be in a building bedaubed with ornament, which cannot at the best be anything but a hopeless and lifeless imitation of the hope and vigor of the earlier world? (William Morris Quotes) Of rich men it telleth, and strange is the story how they have, and they hanker, and grip far and wide; and they live and they die, and the Earth and its glory has been but a burden they scarce might abide (William Morris Quotes) Hope is our life when first our life grows clear, hope and delight, scarce crossed by lines of fear: yet the day comes when fain we would not hope - but for as much as we with life must cope, struggling with this and that - and who knows why? Hope will not give us up to certainty, but still must bide with us (William Morris Quotes) Forsooth, brethren, fellowship is heaven and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life and lack of fellowship is death; and the deeds that ye do upon the Earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them (William Morris Quotes) So spake those wary foes, fair friends in look, and so in words great gifts they gave and took, and had small profit, and small loss thereby (William Morris Quotes) ... [Nature] ever bearing witness against man that he has deliberately chosen ugliness instead of beauty (William Morris Quotes) I wish my friends at William Morris Endeavor all the best (William Morris Quotes) Wert thou more fickle than the restless sea, still should I love thee, knowing thee for such (William Morris Quotes) Of heaven or hell I have no power to sing, I cannot ease the burden of your fears, or make quick-coming death a little thing, or bring again the pleasure of past years, nor for my words shall ye forget your tears, or hope again for aught that I can say, the idle singer of an empty day (William Morris Quotes) To happy folk all heaviest words no more of meaning bear than far-off bells saddening the summer air (William Morris Quotes) Late February days; and now, at last, might you have thought that winter's woe was past; so fair the sky was and so soft the air (William Morris Quotes) Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gain; in some wise may come ending to my pain; it may be yet the Gods will have me glad! Yet, love, I would that thee and pain I had! (William Morris Quotes) Rejoice, lest pleasureless ye die. Within a little time must ye go by. Stretch forth your open hands, and while ye live take all the gifts that death and life may give! (William Morris Quotes) Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh! The bitter wind makes not thy victory vain, nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky (William Morris Quotes) Masters, I have to tell a tale of woe, a tale of folly and of wasted life, hope against hope, the bitter dregs of strife, ending, where all things end, in death at last (William Morris Quotes) From out the throng and stress of lies, from out the painful noise of sighs, one voice of comfort seems to rise: it is the meaner part that dies (William Morris Quotes) O thrush, your song is passing sweet but never a song that you have sung, is half so sweet as thrushes sang when my dear love and I were young (William Morris Quotes) With no rest of the night; for I waked mid a story of a land wherein love is the light and the lord, where my tale shall be heard, and my wounds gain a glory, and my tears be a treasure to add to the hoard of pleasure laid up for his people's reward (William Morris Quotes) Pray but one prayer for me 'twixt thy closed lips, think but one thought of me up in the stars (William Morris Quotes)

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