So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die . . .
Source: Art under Plutocracy, 1883.
-- 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.