• 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; that is to say, civilization will die.

  William Morris
  British artist, writer 1834-1896
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. civilization
2. degradation
3. exchange
4. doomed
5. surely

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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; that is to say, civilization will die. by : William Morris

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