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
The Angel that presided o'er my birth Said, 'Little creature, formed of joy and mirth, Go love without the help of any thing on earth'...
I heard an Angel singing; When the day was springing, Mercy, Pity, Peace; Is the world's release.
The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.
Where cheating is, there's mischief there.
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
The naked women's body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
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 !
I love hanging and drawing and quartering Every bit as well as war and slaughtering.
Mercy, Pity, Peace Is the world's release.
Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?
To some people a tree is something so incredibly beautiful that it brings tears to the eyes. To others it is just a green thing that stands in the way.
The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.