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“art made by the people and for the people as a joy both to the maker and the user would further progress in other matters rather than hinder it”
- Source
- Hopes and Fears for Art
- Date
- 1882
Meaning of “art made by the people and for the…”
Morris links shared artistic production with social progress, arguing that pleasure for both makers and users can coexist with wider improvement rather than obstruct it.
Where does it come from?
Hopes and Fears for Art, lecture “The Art of the People”; Project Gutenberg #3773. The claim belongs to Morris’s Arts and Crafts social argument.
