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 habitat in which that beauty can flourish.

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

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 habitat in which that beauty can flourish.

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

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.

Earth, left silent by the wind of night,Seems shrunken 'neath the gray unmeasured height.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.