What William Morris thinks about happiness
English designer, writer and socialist (1834 to 1896); author of Signs of Change.
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1 dated position, c. 1883–1888, in their own words. Our reading of what William Morris has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsTherefore 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.
↗Signs of Change: Seven Lectures (1888; 1896 edition)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book