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William Morris Quotes about Design

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.

May Morris, William Morris, Bernard Shaw (1936). “William Morris: artist, writer, socialist”

No pattern should be without some sort of meaning.

William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.111, Cambridge University Press

My work is the embodiment of dreams in one form or another.

William Morris, Krishan Kumar (1995). “Morris: News from Nowhere”, p.16, Cambridge University Press

I half wish that I had not been born with a sense of romance and beauty in this accursed age.

William Morris (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)”, p.7060, Delphi Classics

Don't think too much of style.

William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.168, Cambridge University Press

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

William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.110, Cambridge University Press