Ornamental pattern work, to be raised above the contempt of reasonable men, must possess three qualities: beauty, imagination and order.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in the daily details of life.

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.

I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.

Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.

Fear isn't what scares, it's reality that does scare

Such an impolite person. He is honest with everyone.

Everybody wants to be your friend when you have something that they want.

All the women in my family were very creative.

I'm looking forward to becoming older and quieter.

Spontaneity is not enough - or, to be more exact, spontaneity is not possible until there is an unconscious coordination of form, space and vision.

In Fischer's hands, a slight theoretical advantage is as good a being a Queen ahead

I came to New York late; I was already past 30

A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game