The Old and New Testaments are the Great Code of Art.
William Blake
Religion, Art, Inspiration, Philosophical Claim, Spiritual Insight, Creative Interpretation
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“The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art.” William Blake
Art, Duty, Ignorance, Resilience, Philosophical Declaration, Artistic Integrity
William Blake Art, Duty, Ignorance, Resilience, Philosophical Declaration, Artistic Integrity“The little ones leaped, and shouted, and laugh'd And all the hills echoed.” William Blake
Joy, Nature, Childhood, Poetic Expression, Innocence, Harmony
William Blake Joy, Nature, Childhood, Poetic Expression, Innocence, Harmony“I live by Miracle.” William Blake
Faith, Existence, Wonder, Philosophical Statement, Spiritual Insight, Personal Creed
William Blake Faith, Existence, Wonder, Philosophical Statement, Spiritual Insight, Personal Creed“Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed or governed their passions, but because they have cultivate their understandings.” William Blake
Heaven, Passion, Understanding, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Growth, Moral Critique
William Blake Heaven, Passion, Understanding, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Growth, Moral Critique“Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.” William Blake
Love, Freedom, Joy, Philosophical Insight, Poetic Description, Emotional Truth
William Blake Love, Freedom, Joy, Philosophical Insight, Poetic Description, Emotional Truth“Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave.” William Blake
Detail, Care, Morality, Philosophical Advice, Artistic Principle, Ethical Insight
William Blake Detail, Care, Morality, Philosophical Advice, Artistic Principle, Ethical Insight“Imitation is criticism.” William Blake
Art, Critique, Originality, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Principle, Provocative Statement
William Blake Art, Critique, Originality, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Principle, Provocative Statement“And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen?” William Blake
Religion, Nation, History, Philosophical Question, Poetic Imagery, Spiritual Vision
William Blake Religion, Nation, History, Philosophical Question, Poetic Imagery, Spiritual Vision“Nature has no outline. Imagination has.” William Blake
Nature, Imagination, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Observation, Creative Power
William Blake Nature, Imagination, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Observation, Creative Power“Since the French Revolution Englishmen are all intermeasurable one by another, certainly a happy state of agreement to which I forone do not agree.” William Blake
Individuality, Conformity, Revolution, Philosophical Critique, Social Observation, Ironic Statement
William Blake Individuality, Conformity, Revolution, Philosophical Critique, Social Observation, Ironic Statement“What is now proved was once only imagined.” William Blake
Imagination, Proof, Knowledge, Philosophical Insight, Creative Vision, Historical Perspective
William Blake Imagination, Proof, Knowledge, Philosophical Insight, Creative Vision, Historical Perspective“This life’s dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not through, the eye.” William Blake
Perception, Reality, Illusion, Philosophical Insight, Human Experience, Existential Observation
William Blake Perception, Reality, Illusion, Philosophical Insight, Human Experience, Existential Observation“To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.” William Blake
Knowledge, Specificity, Wisdom, Philosophical Critique, Intellectual Elitism, Cognitive Insight
William Blake Knowledge, Specificity, Wisdom, Philosophical Critique, Intellectual Elitism, Cognitive Insight“Every man who is not an artist is a traitor to his own nature.” William Blake
Art, Nature, Betrayal, Philosophical Claim, Creative Imperative, Human Potential
William Blake Art, Nature, Betrayal, Philosophical Claim, Creative Imperative, Human Potential“How do you know but ev'ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos'd by your senses five?” William Blake
Perception, Reality, Nature, Philosophical Question, Spiritual Possibility, Sensory Limitation
William Blake Perception, Reality, Nature, Philosophical Question, Spiritual Possibility, Sensory Limitation“A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation.” William Blake
Community, Spirituality, Sociality, Humor, Philosophical Observation, Cultural Insight
William Blake Community, Spirituality, Sociality, Humor, Philosophical Observation, Cultural Insight“The most sublime act is to set another before you.” William Blake
Selflessness, Sublimity, Morality, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Wisdom, Ethical Guidance
William Blake Selflessness, Sublimity, Morality, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Wisdom, Ethical Guidance“I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.” William Blake
Unity, Divinity, Love, Interconnectedness, Spiritual Insight, Philosophical Statement
William Blake Unity, Divinity, Love, Interconnectedness, Spiritual Insight, Philosophical Statement“He who replies to words of doubt doth put the light of knowledge out.” William Blake
Doubt, Knowledge, Silence, Philosophical Insight, Intellectual Caution, Poetic Wisdom
William Blake Doubt, Knowledge, Silence, Philosophical Insight, Intellectual Caution, Poetic Wisdom“Like a fiend in a cloud, With howling woe After night I do crowd And with night will go; I turn my back to the east, From whence comforts have increased; For light cloth seize my brain With frantic pain.” William Blake
Despair, Darkness, Emotional Turmoil, Philosophical Insight, Poetic Imagery, Existential Struggle
William Blake Despair, Darkness, Emotional Turmoil, Philosophical Insight, Poetic Imagery, Existential Struggle