Gustav Stickley

“The Craftsman idea is to make useful things beautiful and beautiful things useful.”

“The word that is best loved in the home is ‘rest’.”

“The Craftsman stands for the art of living, which is the finest of all arts.”

“A house, first of all, is a home, a shelter from the outer world, a place of peace and rest.”

“We must get back to the earth; we must get back to the simple life.”

“Let us have furniture that is plain, strong, and honest.”

“A true work of art is an expression of a man's life.”

“The house that is built for a man's own life should be an expression of that life.”

“The most direct and simple construction is always the most beautiful.”

“To make a thing, whatever it be, a man must make it for its own sake.”

“Simplicity, honesty, and dignity are what we need to get back into our lives.”

“The home is the cradle of the race, and its influence is the most potent of all influences.”

“The machine is a good servant, but a bad master.”

“The root of all reform is in the individual.”

“Our object is to make our homes places of rest and peace, not of display and ostentation.”

“Let us have one of our own, something that expresses our own lives and our own individuality.”