Eric Gill

“If you look after goodness and truth, beauty will take care of itself.”

“The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.”

“A work of art is a word made flesh.”

“Letters are things, not pictures of things.”

“Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.”

“Every man is a special kind of artist.”

“The beautiful is that which is pleasing to the mind.”

“Stone-carving is easy: you just knock off the bits you don't want.”

“The things men have made are the houses in which they live. The things men have made are the clothes they wear, the food they eat.”

“War is not a thing of justice, but a thing of might.”

“What is art? It is the well-making of what needs making.”

“The artist is the man who is responsible for the good of the thing made.”

“A pair of trousers is a dead thing, whereas a loin cloth is a living thing.”