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William Morris

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An English artist and poet.. English textile designer artist writer and libertarian socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood English Arts and Crafts Movement


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Quote Left Of Heaven of Hell I have no power to sing, I cannot ease the burden of your fears,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. Quote Right
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Quote Left Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield. Quote Right
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Quote Left If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. Quote Right
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Quote Left I love art, and I love history, but it is living art and living history that I love. It is in the interest of living art and living history that I oppose so-called restoration. What history can there be in a building bedaubed with ornament, which cannot at the best be anything but a hopeless and lifeless imitation of the hope and vigor of the earlier world? Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs