“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”
William Morris
“History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird”
Joseph Conrad
“When a work lifts your spirits… do not look for any other standard to judge by”
Jean De La Bruyere
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece”John Ruskin
