Mastership hath many shifts whereby it striveth to keep itself alive in the world. And now hear a marvel: whereas thou sayest these two times that out of one man ye may get but one man's work, in days to come one man shall do the work of a hundred men - yea, of a thousand or more: and this is the shift of mastership that shall make many masters and many rich men.

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.

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.

It is for him that is lonely or in prison to dream of fellowship, but for him that is of a fellowship to do and not to dream.

A pattern is either right or wrong...it is no stronger than its weakest point.

Free men must live simple lives and have simple pleasures.

Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.