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The aim of art is to increase human happiness by making work happy and rest fruitful

Drawn from what William Morris said

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happiness What makes a life go well: whether it is meaning, love, virtue, enough money, or simply expecting less.

What William Morris actually said

  1. William Morris English designer, writer and socialist (1834 to 1896)
    Therefore the Aim of Art is to increase the happiness of men, by giving them beauty and interest of incident to amuse their leisure, and prevent them wearying even of rest, and by giving them hope and bodily pleasure in their work; or, shortly, to make man’s work happy and his rest fruitful.

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