William Morris1834–1896Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time,
Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?The Earthly Paradise (1868), “An Apology”, ll. 22–23- “The Beauty of Life”, a lecture before the Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design (19 February 1880), later published in Hopes and Fears for Art: Five Lectures Delivered in Birmingham, London, and Nottingham, 1878–1881 (1882)
I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
The Decorative Arts (1877)Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.
“The Prospects of Architecture in Civilisation”, lecture at the London Institution (10 March 1880), in Hopes and Fears for Art (1882)Pray but one prayer for me ‘twixt thy closed lips,
Think but one thought of me up in the stars.The Defence of Guenevere, and Other Poems (1858), “Summer Dawn”- A Dream of John Ball (1886), Ch. 4: The Voice of John Ball
- “Art Under Plutocracy” (1883)
- The Beauty of Life (1880)
