These words of William Morris need to be understood:
[I want] that these islands which make the land we love should no longer be treated as here a cinder heap, and there a game preserve, but as the fair green garden of Northern Europe, which no man on any pretence should be allowed to befoul and disfigure. I want all the works of man’s hand to be beautiful, rising in fair and honourable gradation from the simplest household goods to the stately public building, adorned with the handiwork of the greatest masters of expression. . . . (Quoted from The Life of the Creative Spirit, p. 278.)
For a brief biography of William Morris, click here.
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