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
Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.
He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter.
The fox condemns the trap, not himself.
He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars.
The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.
Although wine when it is read somewhat lacks the savour of wine when it is drunk, wine remains a very pleasant thing both to read about and to chat about.
Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire.
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration!
Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty !
Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?
Wandering in many a coral grove, / Fair Nine, forsaking Poetry!