The secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life, and in elevating them to art. William Morris
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. William Morris
Give me love and work – these two only. William Morris
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
The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough? William Morris
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. 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. If we work thus we shall be men, and our days will be happy and eventful. William Morris