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As to the garden, it seems to me its chief fruit is-blackbirds.

William Morris

If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry, he had better shut up, he'll never do any good at all.

William Morris

Yea, I have looked, and seen November there; The changeless seal of change it seemed to be, Fair death of things that, living once, were fair; Bright sign of loneliness too great for me, Strange image of the dread eternity, In whose void patience how can these have part, These outstretched feverish hands, this restless heart?

William Morris

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 for everything.

William Morris

And at the corners stood great linden-trees, Hummed over by innumerable bees.

William Morris

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

William Morris

If art which is now sick is to live and not die, it must in the future be of the people, for the people, by the people; it must understand all and be understood by all.

William Morris

William Morris

William Morris

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Born: March 24, 1834

Died: October 3, 1896 (aged 62)

Bio: William Morris was an English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist.

Known for:

Strawberry Thief (1883)
La belle Iseult (1858)
Peacock and Dragon (1878)
Cabbage and vine tapestry (1879)
Snakeshead printed textile (1876)

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