- "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