Artists cannot help themselves; they are driven to create by their nature, but for that nature to truly thrive, we need to preserve the precious habi….

What is an artist but a workman who is determined that, whatever else happens, his work shall be excellent?.

It is the childlike part of us that produces works of the imagination. When we were children time passed so slow with us that we seemed to have time ….

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

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful..

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 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….

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful..

I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we….

All rooms ought to look as if they were lived in, and to have so to say, a friendly welcome ready for the incomer..

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

What I mean by Socialism is a condition of society in which there should be neither rich nor poor, neither master nor master's man, neither idle nor ….

The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere..

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

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

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

We are only the trustees for those who come after us..

No pattern should be without some sort of meaning..

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

If i were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for, I should answer, A beautiful House..

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung..