William Blake1757–1827The quotations of
William Blake
English poet and artist
1757–1827
36 quotes, most often on God, Patriotism and Art.
- A Poison Tree (1794), Songs of Experience (1794), A Poison Tree, st. 1In context
- Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1
Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.
Proverbs of Hell, Line 21Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.
Proverbs of Hell, Line 69- Proverbs of Hell, Line 10
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
Proverbs of Hell, Line 18- Proverbs of Hell, Line 3
Degrade first the arts if you’d mankind degrade,
Hire idiots to paint with cold light and hot shade.Annotations to Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Discourses, title page (c. 1798–1809)- Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 5In context
There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.
Annotations to Swedenborg (1788)- Milton (c. 1809), Book the First, 24:72
- Annotations to Swedenborg (1788)
- Proverbs of Hell, Line 49
