Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
William MorrisAnd the deeds that ye do upon this earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them.
William MorrisWith the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. If I have succeeded in some small way, if only in one small corner of the world, amongst the men and women I love, then I shall count myself blessed, and blessed, and blessed, and the work goes on.
William MorrisNothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.
William MorrisWhat 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 overworked, neither brainยญslack brain workers, nor heartยญsick hand workers, in a word, in which all men would be living in equality of condition, and would manage their affairs unwastefully, and with the full consciousness that harm to one would mean harm to all - the realisation at last of the meaning of the word 'commonwealth.'
William Morris