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 essentials to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
Such, such were the joys When we all, girls and boys, In our youth time were seen On the Echoing Green.
I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!
To create a little flower is the labour of ages.
Exuberance is beauty.
The cut worm forgives the plow.
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.
When a man has married a wife, he finds out whether / Her knees and elbows are only glued together.
When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those who do.