Majicman Notes

Wedgwood was a defining figure of his age in a similar way, perhaps, to Steve Jobs in the 21st century digital era. It’s true that both men had in common interdisciplinary thinking, aesthetic control, production oversight and a relentlessly experimental frame of mind. But Wedgwood was much more than that.

In the words of William Gladstone, the great Liberal prime minister of the 19th century, Wedgwood was “the greatest man who ever, in any age or country, applied himself to the important work of uniting art with industry”.

Sir Richard Peter Lambert, FT