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Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement; a sanded floor and whitewashed walls and the green trees, and flowery meads, and living waters outside.

Source: The Decorative Arts: Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress, lecture; in Hopes and Fears for Art, 1882.
-- 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.

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