I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

To happy folkAll heaviest words no more of meaning bearThan far-off bells saddening the Summer air.

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

With 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.

Ornamental pattern work, to be raised above the contempt of reasonable men, must possess three qualities: beauty, imagination and order.

You may hang your walls with tapestry insread of whitewash or paper; or you may cover them with mosaic; or have them frescoed by a great painter: all this is not luxury, if it be done for beauty's sake, and not for show: it does not break our golden rule: Have nothing in your houses which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.

The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.