William Morris

: This page is about William Morris, the writer, designer and socialist. For other meanings, see William Morris (disambiguation).

Overview

The tragic conflict in Morris' life was his unfulfilled desire to create affordable — or even free — beautiful things for common people, whereas the real-life result was always the creation of extremely expensive objects for the discerning few. (In one of his best-known works, the utopian novel News from Nowhere, everybody works for pleasure only, and beautifully handcrafted things are given away free to those who simply appreciate.)

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