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 apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion the horse, how he shall take his prey.
To create a little flower is the labor of ages.
He's a Blockhead who wants a proof of what he Can't Percieve And he's a Fool who tries to make such a Blockhead believe.
He's a Blockhead who wants a proof of what heCan't PerceiveAnd he's a Fool who tries to make such aBlockhead believe.
Tiger! Tiger! burning bright / In the forests of the night, / What immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake
Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street.
For Mercy has a human heart; Pity, a human face; Love, the human form divine; and Peace, the human dress.
I can look at the knot in a piece of wood until it frightens me.
Love seeketh not itself to please, but for another gives its ease.
Mechanical excellence is the only vehicle of genius.
One Law for the Lion and Ox is Oppression
When the stars threw down their spears, / And watered heaven with their tears, / Did he smile his work to see? / Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Let man wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece of the sheep.