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I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

Creativity, Freedom, Individuality, Philosophical Declaration, Artistic Manifesto, Self-determination

I must create a system or be enslaved by another

I must create a system or be enslaved by another

I must create a system or be enslaved by another

William Blake’s Quotes On Topics

More William Blake Quotes

“That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.”

Religion, Exclusivity, Critique, Philosophical Observation, Spiritual Warning, Historical Insight

“Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.”

Joy, Sorrow, Duality, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Complexity, Poetic Observation

“My silks and fine array, My smiles and languished air, By love are driv'n away And mournful lean Despair Brings me yew to deck my grave: Such end true lovers have.”

Love, Despair, Death, Poetic Expression, Emotional Transformation, Philosophical Reflection

“Where any view of money exists, art cannot be carried on.”

Art, Money, Purity, Philosophical Statement, Creative Integrity, Social Critique

“Struggling in my father's hands, Striving against my swaddling bands, Bound and weary, I thought best To sulk upon my mother's breast.”

Childhood, Struggle, Comfort, Philosophical Reflection, Poetic Imagery, Psychological Insight

“Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame.”

Self-criticism, Art, Fame, Philosophical Lament, Creative Struggle, Poetic Confession

“The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.”

Wisdom, Error, Foolishness, Philosophical Advice, Human Nature, Paradoxical Insight

“The eye sees more than the heart knows.”

Vision, Knowledge, Emotion, Philosophical Insight, Human Nature, Poetic Observation

“A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others.”

Tyranny, Society, Disease, Philosophical Critique, Political Insight, Moral Observation

“I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate Built in Jerusalem's wall.”

Guidance, Spirituality, Journey, Poetic Metaphor, Philosophical Insight, Religious Symbolism

“Although wine when it is read somewhat lacks the savour of wine when it is drunk, wine remains a very pleasant thing both to read about and to chat about.”

Wine, Experience, Literature, Pleasure, Philosophical Observation, Sensory Insight

“Painters are noted for being dissipated and wild.”

Art, Behavior, Creativity, Philosophical Observation, Social Commentary, Emotional Depth

“Works of Art can only be produc'd in Perfection where the Man is either in Affluence or is Above the Care of it.”

Art, Perfection, Affluence, Philosophical Observation, Artistic Condition, Social Critique

“The Learned, who strive to ascend into Heaven by means of learning, appear to Children like dead horses, when repelled by the celestial spheres.”

Knowledge, Heaven, Innocence, Metaphorical Insight, Philosophical Critique, Spiritual Observation

“If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.”

Folly, Wisdom, Persistence, Philosophical Paradox, Moral Insight, Provocative Statement

“Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles.”

Innocence, Desire, Childhood, Philosophical Observation, Poetic Imagery, Emotional Insight

“Everything that lives, lives not alone, nor for itself.”

Interconnectedness, Purpose, Nature, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Wisdom, Ecological Observation

“In your own bosom you bear your heaven and earth, And all you behold, though it appears without, It is within, in your imagination, Of which this world of mortality is but a shadow.”

Imagination, Reality, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Truth, Poetic Wisdom

“There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.”

Will, Morality, Evil, Philosophical Claim, Spiritual Insight, Provocative Statement

“Arise from out the dewy grass! Night is worn, And the morn Rises from the slumberous mass. "Turn away no more; Why wilt thou turn away? The starry floor, The watery shore, Are given thee till the break of day.”

Nature, Awakening, Renewal, Poetic Expression, Philosophical Encouragement, Cosmic Imagery