Josiah Wedgwood

"Everything which is imposed on man is opposed by him."

"The vast majority of people are born, grow up, work, reproduce, and die, never questioning the trend into which they are put."

"I am determined that this trade shall have every advantage which a large capital, great connections, and thirty years knowledge of the business can give."

"The public in general ought not to be ignorant that all the numerous improvements made in the Pottery manufacture have originated among the Potters themselves."

"Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, good planning, and skillful execution."

"I trade not merely in earthenware, but in the art of living."

"A man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."

"Fine forms and good fashions are not of that changeable nature which must always be in the fashion or otherwise completely antiquated."

"Time is money."

"The wheel and the lever are all that is required in mechanical knowledge to create nearly everything."

"Taste is the power of discerning the beautiful from the ugly."

"Nature is the great storehouse of design."

"I hope the public will continue to view the efforts of our house with favor."

"The object of any manufacturer ought to be excellence of production."

"Nothing is impossible to industry and skill."

"I have endeavored to combine the elegance of form with utility."

"The greatest works have been completed by the perseverance of the laborer."

"We must give mankind better instruments wherewith to work."

"Labor is the true wealth of the nation."

"Good taste is the next best thing to good sense."

"The advancement of art and science through the agency of manufacturers cannot be questioned."

"I would wish to be remembered as an inventor of useful things."

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune."

"Knowledge and taste are intimately connected."

"The art and science of manufacture must advance with the age."

"Without accurate knowledge, we cannot carry on our work correctly."

"The desire for improvement never ceases."

"I have always been of the opinion that hard work is the surest foundation of success."

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country turns out."

"In the pursuit of knowledge, we must remain humble."