The true secret of happiness l...

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

I do not want art for a few an...

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

The past is not dead, it is li...

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.

History has remembered the kin...

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

If you cannot learn to love re...

If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.

So long as the system of compe...

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.

The reward of labour is life. ...

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

A man at work, making somethin...

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.

I pondered all these things, a...

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.

A good way to rid one's self o...

A good way to rid one's self of a sense of discomfort is to do something. That uneasy, dissatisfied feeling is actual force vibrating out of order; it may be turned to practical account by giving proper expression to its creative character.

With the arrogance of youth, I...

With the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. If I have succeeded in some small way, if only in one small corner of the world, amongst the men and women I love, then I shall count myself blessed, and blessed, and blessed, and the work goes on.

Nothing should be made by man'...

Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.

I think the thing that impress...

I think the thing that impressed me is (AT&T CEO Michael) Armstrong's strategic vision and the fact that he's got John Malone (TCI's chairman) to go along. There's a real commitment to build a new AT&T.

As to the garden, it seems to ...

As to the garden, it seems to me its chief fruit is-blackbirds.

I know a little garden close

I know a little garden close
Set thick with lily and red rose,
Where I would wander if I might
From dewy dawn to dewy night.
And have one with me wandering.

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There was a knight came riding...

There was a knight came riding by
In early spring, when the roads were dry;
And he heard that lady sing at the noon,
Two red roses across the moon.

There is no single policy to w...

There is no single policy to which one can point and say - this built the Morris business. I should think I must have made not less than one thousand decisions in each of the last ten years. The success of a business is the result of the proportion of right decisions by the executive in charge.

By God! I will not tell you mo...

By God! I will not tell you more to-day, Judge any way you will - what matters it?

Give me love and work - these ...

Give me love and work - these two only.

Talk of inspiration is sheer n...

Talk of inspiration is sheer nonsense; there is to such thing. It is mere a matter of craftsmanship.