William Blake

Poet Artist English 1757 – 1827

English poet and artist known for prophetic and mystical works.

366 quotes

"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings."
Courage
"Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody Poor."
"The Child's Toys and the Old Man's Reasons Are the Fruits of the two seasons."
Life
"God is in the details."
Philosophy
"Art can never exist without Naked Beauty display'd."
Art
"I am sure This night, not this night with us, but with Eternity, is the consummation we await."
Death
"The Sword sung on high, the Horseman struck, the Child dropp'd down the womb."
War
"As a man is So he sees."
"Whether on a Scaffold high Or in the Flames, or in the Sea."
Courage
"Love! That is the only law."
Love
"Every Night & every Morn Some to Misery are Born."
"The Strongest Poison ever known Came from Caesar's Laurel Crown."
Power
"Better to murder an infant in its cradle than to nurse unacted desires."
"Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion."
Justice
"If others had not been foolish, we should be so."
Wisdom
"Vision or Imagination is a Representation of things Remembered."
Imagination
"Where any view of Money exists Art cannot be carried on."
Art
"The most sublime act is to set another before you."
Kindness
"Jesus could not do miracles, he could not control the demon."
Philosophy
"The Eternal Body of Man is The Imagination, that is God himself."
Imagination
"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy."
Education
"Soft deceit & midnight prayer."
"I myself do nothing. The Holy Ghost does all through me."
Faith
"Sin is a state of discord."
Philosophy
"The ancient tradition that the world will be consumed in fire is true."
Philosophy
"Every Man has the Soul of a Poet, tho' All have it not."
Creativity
"The Sun's Light when he unfolds it Depends on the Organ that beholds it."
"O Rose thou art sick."
Nature
"I have myself but I am also We."
"My father taught me fear, My mother taught me shame."
Family