I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
"The Decorative Arts: Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress" - 1877. Morris's first public lecture, later published as "The Lesser Arts" in Hopes and Fears for Art - 1882.
"The Beauty of Life," a lecture before the Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design - 19 February 1880, later published in Hopes and Fears for Art: Five Lectures Delivered in Birmingham, London, and Nottingham, 1878 - 1881.
Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?
The Earthly Paradise, An Apology.
The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.
"The Beauty of Life," a lecture before the Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design - 19 February 1880, later published in Hopes and Fears for Art: Five Lectures Delivered in Birmingham, London, and Nottingham, 1878 - 1881
Forecasts of the Coming Century, 1897.