That state is a state of slavery in which a man does what he likes to do in his spare time and in his working time that which is required of him. — Eric Gill Copy Share Image
Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why. — Eric Gill Copy Share
Ultimately there is no happiness in a world in which things are not as good as they can be. — Eric Gill Copy Share
The value of the creative faculty derives from the fact that faculty is the primary mark of man. To deprive man of its exercise… — Eric Gill Copy Share
Art itself has become an extraordinary thing - the activity of peculiar people - people who become more and more peculiar as their activity… — Eric Gill Copy Share
Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron building -- like Tower Bridge -- or… — Eric Gill Copy Share
There are now about as many different varieties of letters as there are different kinds of fools. — Eric Gill Copy Share
Writing is in fact an entirely outworn, decayed and corrupt convention whose chief & most conspicuous character is its monumental witness to the conservatism,… — Eric Gill Copy Share
Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to. But this is not to say that because we have got used to… — Eric Gill Copy Share
The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist. — Eric Gill Copy Share
Science is analytical, descriptive, informative. Man does not live by bread alone, but by science he attempts to do so. Hence the deadliness of… — Eric Gill Copy Share
