"History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created.“

-William Morris

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

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"History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created."

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"It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last."

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"A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works."

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

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"If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art."

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