William Blake
William Blake
William Blakewas an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic works have been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth28 November 1757
Active Evil is better than Passive Good.
He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God.
A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others.
The Stolen and Perverted Writings of Homer & Ovid, of Plato & Cicero, which all men ought to contemn, are set up by artifice against the Sublime of the Bible
Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition.
The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.
The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.
The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
General knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess.
Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.
Mans desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.
To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.
Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?
Painters are noted for being dissipated and wild.