The 60 best phrases of William Morris

William Morris was an architect, textile master, writer and activist for socialism in the United Kingdom, he was known for being part of the British Arts and Crafts movement and for being a fervent defender of traditional textile art created from artisan production, as well as pursuing the conservation of the civil and religious architectural heritage of his country.

Here you will find a selection of William Morris's best quotes, commented.

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William Morris's most memorable phrases

Art can be in many things and can convey different messages, as we will see below in William Morris's quotes about art and society.

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

Art tells us about the ability of people to create in any circumstances.

2. A good way to get rid of an uncomfortable feeling is to do something.

Art is an excellent form of emotional catharsis.

3. With the arrogance of youth, I decided to do nothing less than transform the world with beauty.

The rebellion of artists is to create their own construction of an ideal world.

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4. There are people to whom the mere fact of breathing seems to give joy.

Appreciating the little things in life makes us more positive.

5. The real secret to happiness is taking a genuine interest in all the details of everyday life.

Being grateful and appreciating everything that makes us smile.

6. I don't want art for a few more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

He searched for an art that everyone could love or identify with.

7. Don't have anything in your house that you don't think is useful or beautiful.

One of the best advice from him, at home is where our happiness begins.

8. The reward of work is life. Is not sufficient?

The opportunity to live how we have always dreamed.

9. It took me years to understand that the words are often just as important as the experience, because the words make the experience last.

Words can leave a trail of positivity or resentment in their wake.

10. As long as he continues the system of competition in the production and exchange of livelihoods, the degradation of the arts will continue.

Criticizing the commercial interest of art, which prevails until today.

11. Truly, brethren, fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell.

Showing the religious side of him, a very significant part for him.

12. There is not a square mile of the habitable surface of the earth that is not beautiful in its own way, if we men refrain from deliberately destroying that beauty.

Nature is there to teach us that the simple things are the most beautiful and the most necessary.

13. Doing nothing but complaining and not acting, that's throwing away your life.

When you have a negative vision, it is impossible to enjoy life.

14. I cannot go into political-social issues with any interest, because in general I see that things are tangled, and I have no power or vocation to fix them to a minimum degree.

Talking about his position on his country's politics.

15. My work is the embodiment of dreams in one way or another.

Bring the world a piece of your imagination.

16. A working man, doing something that he feels will exist because he is working at it and wants to do it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as his body.

Everything we do is valuable.

17. Give me love and work, these two only.

The things that keep people's vitality burning.

18. I want a real revolution, a real change in society.

Throughout his career, Morris acted for beneficial change for people in society.

19. We live in a time when mercantilism, or the system of reckless waste, and communism, or the system of neighborhood good sense, are being fought.

The two political and cultural positions of his time.

20. The past is not dead, it lives in us, and it will be alive in the future that we are helping to make.

The past cannot be erased and it is necessary to know it so as not to repeat the same mistakes.

21. It is our childish part that produces the works of the imagination.

That is why many artists always encourage us not to abandon our childhood innocence.

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22. If a guy can't compose an epic poem while weaving a tapestry, he'd better shut up, it'll never do any good.

Appreciating art as part of life above any other job.

23. Art made by the people for the people, as a joy for the maker and the user.

The main objective of his art. Creations where people feel close.

24. I'm going your way, so let's go hand in hand. You help me and I help you.

One of the fundamental bases of any relationship is to support each other in their projects.

25. No pattern should be without some kind of meaning.

For Morris, any artistic step is full of meaning.

26. May tomorrow cross his own rivers.

Do you think the future is already written?

27. I love art and I love history, but it is living art and living history that I love.

Art and history that tells the real experiences of people.

28. The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Deity ignites, the soul reaches.

It is normal to be constantly fighting with our heart or our reason.

29. Free men should live simple lives and have simple pleasures.

Simple things bring us calm and contentment, instead of the chaos of always wanting more and more.

30. If they asked me to say what is both the most important production of Art and the most yearned for, I should answer, A beautiful House.

Our home is our greatest artistic creation.

31. There is no single policy that one can point to and say: This built Morris's business. I think I must have made no less than a thousand decisions in each of the last ten years.

Success doesn't come from just one thing, it's a succession of steps and choices we make.

32. I am going, if I can, to be an architect, and I am already too old, and there is no time to lose.

It is never too late to do something you have wanted to do.

33. I can't suppose there's anybody here who thinks it's a good life, or a fun life, to sit with your hands in front of you doing nothing, living like a gentleman, as fools call it.

Disagreeing with conformist people.

34. Your hearts make everything clear in the best possible way And the world you thought waning is glorious and good...

We have the ability to see the world with a more beautiful touch.

35. Happy as we are, times can change.

Nothing is guaranteed in this life.

36. It is fair and necessary that everyone has to do work that is worthwhile and that is pleasant to to do, and that it be done in conditions that are neither excessively strenuous nor excessively anxious.

The true goal that we all must pursue and have the opportunity to fulfill.

37. If others can see it as I have seen it, then it can be called a vision rather than a dream.

The need for someone else to understand our ideas.

38. The success of a company is the result of the proportion of correct decisions by the executive in charge.

A company must be led by a good leader who manages to unite the individual capabilities of his team.

39. Talking about inspiration is sheer nonsense; there is for such a thing. It is a mere matter of craftsmanship.

Yes, inspiration exists, but we can't wait for it to arrive to create.

40. The simplicity of life, even the simplest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.

We tend to believe that the more we have, the more we are. Which is a misconception.

41. If I have succeeded in any way, even if it is only in a small corner of the world, among the men and women I love, then I will consider myself blessed, blessed and blessed, and the work keep going

Success is different for everyone, because it is a personal goal.

42. The greatest enemy of art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.

Many creators agree that luxury is the most harmful thing that exists for art.

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43. It is in the interest of living art and living history that I oppose the so-called restoration.

Against restoring the original parts, because it loses its history.

44. Artists can't help themselves; they are driven to create by their nature, but for that nature to truly thrive, we need to preserve the precious habitat in which that beauty can flourish.

We must all help conserve the nature that gives us home and inspires us to create.

45. There is no excuse for doing something that is not amazingly beautiful.

Beauty is something that appears in open-minded people.

46. We won't be here long... so let's help each other while we can.

Do something good, not for a reward, but for the satisfaction of helping.

47. If you can't learn to love true art, at least learn to hate false art.

You don't need to be an art lover to appreciate the work of the artists who put their all into it.

48. Don't our hands meet yet, since we still live today, forgetting June, forgetting May, considering sweet October?

The love that does not know the direction where it is going.

49. When we were children, time passed so slowly with us that it seemed that we had time for everything.

Without a doubt, something that we all miss in adulthood.

50. With the work of man, nothing should be done that is not worthwhile, or that should be done with degrading work for the makers.

Advising us to look for what fills us up and not waste time with what makes us unhappy.

51. Society, a great organic mass of well-regulated forces that serve to achieve a happy life for all.

Society is there to contribute to our own identity, although we should not always cling to it.

52. Memory and imagination help him while he works.

A perfect tune when we do what we love.

53. I don't remember being taught to read, and by the time I was seven years old, I had read a great many books, good, bad, and indifferent.

A perfect example that we should be self-taught.

54. We will not be happy unless we live like good animals, unless we enjoy the exercise of the ordinary functions of life: eating, sleeping, loving, walking, running, swimming, riding, browse.

Happiness is finding harmony with the natural things around us.

55. Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the main passion of my life has been and is the hatred of modern civilization.

Being against the consumerism that was taking over his world.

56. Dreamer of dreams, born out of due time, why should I strive to make the crooked right?

A description of himself, as he perceived himself.

57. Love is enough: although the world is shrinking and the forests have no voice but the voice of complaints.

Many of the dissatisfactions and pains of people are due to the lack of love in their lives.

58. No man is good enough to own another.

No one has the right to control another person's life.

59. The jewels of life are not all strung together on one single thread.

Life is never static, which is why it can surprise us at all times.

60. That restless, unfulfilled feeling is a real force that vibrates out of order; It can be turned into a practical bead by giving proper expression to your creative nature.

We can use chaos to create our own personal order of our ideas.