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title: "12 Ifs Quotes By William Morris"
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> [If i were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/if-i-were-asked-to-say-what-is-at-once-the-most-important-production-2/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [I know a little garden close Set thick with lily and red rose, Where I would wander if I might From dewy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/i-know-a-little-garden-close-set-thick-with-lily-and-red-rose-where-i/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [All rooms ought to look as if they were lived in, and to have so to say, a friendly welcome ready for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/all-rooms-ought-to-look-as-if-they-were-lived-in-and-to-have-so-to/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [So with this Earthly Paradise it is, If ye will read aright, and pardon me, Who strive to build a shadowy isle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/so-with-this-earthly-paradise-it-is-if-ye-will-read-aright-and-pardon/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [Architecture would lead us to all the arts, as it did with earlier mean: but if we despise it and take no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/architecture-would-lead-us-to-all-the-arts-as-it-did-with-earlier/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [If we feel the least degradation in being amorous, or merry or hungry, or sleepy, we are so far bad animals &amp;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/if-we-feel-the-least-degradation-in-being-amorous-or-merry-or-hungry/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry, he had better shut up, he'll never do any good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/if-a-chap-can-t-compose-an-epic-poem-while-he-s-weaving-tapestry-he/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [...If our houses, or clothes, our household furniture and utensils are not works of art, they are either wretched makeshifts, or, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/if-our-houses-or-clothes-our-household-furniture-and-utensils-are-not/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [Do not be afraid of large patterns, if properly designed they are more restful to the eye than small ones: on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/do-not-be-afraid-of-large-patterns-if-properly-designed-they-are-more/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [You may hang your walls with tapestry insread of whitewash or paper; or you may cover them with mosaic; or have them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/you-may-hang-your-walls-with-tapestry-insread-of-whitewash-or-paper/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [If there is a reason for keeping the wall very quiet, choose a pattern that works all over without pronounced lines...Put very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/if-there-is-a-reason-for-keeping-the-wall-very-quiet-choose-a-pattern/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [So I say, if you cannot learn to love real art; at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/so-i-say-if-you-cannot-learn-to-love-real-art-at-least-learn-to-hate/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by William Morris

> [I can't enter into politico-social subjects with any interest, for on the whole, I see that things are in a muddle, and I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/i-can-t-enter-into-politico-social-subjects-with-any-interest-for-on/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [...If our houses, or clothes, our household furniture and utensils are not works of art, they are either wretched makeshifts, or, what is worse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/if-our-houses-or-clothes-our-household-furniture-and-utensils-are-not/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [“Do not be deceived by the outside appearance of order in our plutocratic society. It fares with it as it does with the older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/do-not-be-deceived-by-the-outside-appearance-of-order-in-our/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/i-do-not-want-art-for-a-few-any-more-than-education-for-a-few-or/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [I half wish that I had not been born with a sense of romance and beauty in this accursed age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/i-half-wish-that-i-had-not-been-born-with-a-sense-of-romance-and/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [In Prison Wearily, drearily, Half the day long, Flap the great banners High over the stone; Strangely and eerily Sounds the wind's song, Bending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/in-prison-wearily-drearily-half-the-day-long-flap-the-great-banners/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [Free men must live simple lives and have simple pleasures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/free-men-must-live-simple-lives-and-have-simple-pleasures/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [“Now let us go, love, down the winding stair, With fingers intertwined...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/now-let-us-go-love-down-the-winding-stair-with-fingers-intertwined/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [Between complete socialism and communism there is no difference whatever in my mind.Communism is in fact the completion of socialism; when that ceases to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/between-complete-socialism-and-communism-there-is-no-difference/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [“October O love, turn from the changing sea and gaze, Down these grey slopes, upon the year grown old, A-dying 'mid the autumn-scented haze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/october-o-love-turn-from-the-changing-sea-and-gaze-down-these-grey/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [The wind is not helpless for any man's need, Nor falleth the rain but for thistle and weed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/the-wind-is-not-helpless-for-any-man-s-need-nor-falleth-the-rain-but/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [“Have nothing in your house you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/have-nothing-in-your-house-you-do-not-know-to-be-useful-or-believe-to/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/simplicity-of-life-even-the-barest-is-not-a-misery-but-the-very/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/i-pondered-all-these-things-and-how-men-fight-and-lose-the-battle-and/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

> [Happy as we are, times may alter; we may be bitten with some impulse towards change, and many things may seem too wonderful for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/happy-as-we-are-times-may-alter-we-may-be-bitten-with-some-impulse/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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