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If you wish to have ornament, you must pay specially for it, and the workman is compelled to produce ornament, as he is to produce other wares. IF YOU WISH TO HAVE ORNAMENT YOU MUST PAY SPECIALLY FOR IT AND THE WORKMAN IS COMPELLED TO PRODUCE ORNAMENT AS HE IS TO PRODUCE OTHER WARES
pular Art. This art, I repeat, no longer exists now, having been killed by commercialism. But from the beginning of man’s contest with Nature till the rise of the present capitalistic system, it was alive, and generally flourished. While it lasted, everything that was made by man was adorned by man, just as everything made by Nature is adorned by her. The craftsman, as he fashioned the thing he had under his hand, ornamented it so naturally and so entirely without conscious effort, that it is often difficult to distinguish where the mere utilitarian part of his work ended and the ornamental began. Now the origin of this art was the necessity that the workman felt for variety in his work, and though the beauty produced by this desire was a great gift to the world, yet the obtaining variety and pleasure in the work by the workman was a matter of more importance still, for it stamped all labour with the impress of pleasure. All this has now quite disappeared from the work of civilization. LED VERY PROPERLY POPULAR ART THIS ART I REPEAT NO LONGER EXISTS NOW HAVING BEEN KILLED BY COMMERCIALISM BUT FROM THE BEGINNING OF MAN'S CONTEST WITH NATURE TILL THE RISE OF THE PRESENT CAPITALISTIC SYSTEM IT WAS ALIVE AND GENERALLY FLOURISHED WHILE IT LASTED EVERYTHING THAT WAS MADE BY MAN WAS ADORNED BY MAN JUST AS EVERYTHING MADE BY NATURE IS ADORNED BY HER THE CRAFTSMAN AS HE FASHIONED THE THING HE HAD UNDER HIS HAND ORNAMENTED IT SO NATURALLY AND SO ENTIRELY WITHOUT CONSCIOUS EFFORT THAT IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH WHERE THE MERE UTILITARIAN PART OF HIS WORK ENDED AND THE ORNAMENTAL BEGAN NOW THE ORIGIN OF THIS ART WAS THE NECESSITY THAT THE WORKMAN FELT FOR VARIETY IN HIS WORK AND THOUGH THE BEAUTY PRODUCED BY THIS DESIRE WAS A GREAT GIFT TO THE WORLD YET THE OBTAINING VARIETY AND PLEASURE IN THE WORK BY THE WORKMAN WAS A MATTER OF MORE IMPORTANCE STILL FOR IT STAMPED ALL LABOUR WITH THE IMPRESS OF PLEASURE ALL THIS HAS NOW QUITE DISAPPEARED FROM THE WORK OF CIVILIZATION
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