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William Morris on Art

1834–1896 England

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The heart desires,
The hand refrains,
The Godhead fires,
The soul attains.

Beauty, which is what is meant by art, using the word in its widest sense, is, I contend, no mere accident to human life, which people can take or leave as they choose, but a positive necessity of life.

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