Memory and imagination help [a man] as he works. Not only his own thoughts, but the thoughts of the men of past ages guide his hands; and, as part of the human race, he creates.
Source: Signs of Change, Useful Work versus Useless Toil, 1888.
-- William Morris, (Mar 24 1834-1896), English craftsman, poet; He was noted for his wallpaper and tapestry designs, and wrote The Life and Death of Jason, 1862.