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William Morris — Portrait after a picture by Frederick Hollyer (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

The quotations of

William Morris

Textile designer, artist, writer, printer

1834–1896

8 quotes, most often on Art and Beauty.

I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
The Decorative Arts (1877)
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.
“Art Under Plutocracy” (1883)
- Art
- Economics
Beauty, which is what is meant by art, using the word in its widest sense, is, I contend, no mere accident to human life, which people can take or leave as they choose, but a positive necessity of life.
The Beauty of Life (1880)
- Art
- Beauty

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