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

- William Morris

No pattern should be without some sort of meaning.

- William Morris

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

- William Morris

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

- William Morris

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 …

- William Morris

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

- William Morris

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…

- William Morris

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

- William Morris

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

- William Morris