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Art cannot result from external compulsion, because the labour that produces it is voluntary
Drawn from what William Morris said
What William Morris actually said
- William Morris English designer, writer and socialist (1834 to 1896)
In other words, I believe that art cannot be the result of external compulsion; the labour which goes to produce it is voluntary, and partly undertaken for the sake of the labour itself, partly for the sake of the hope of producing something which, when done, shall give pleasure to the user of it.
Where this was said
↗Signs of Change: Seven Lectures (1888; 1896 edition)gutenberg.org
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