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William Blake
Author · Philosopher · 1757–1827
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About William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, printmaker, and visionary artist whose poetry and images were often created as unified works. He developed an illuminated-printing process that allowed him to write, design, print, and hand-finish books such as *Songs of Innocence and of Experience*. Though little recognized during his lifetime, Blake is now regarded as a major figure of Romantic literature and visual art.
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Read quote → ✓Source verified“Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.”
Read quote →“If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.”
Read quote → ✓Source verified“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”
Read quote → ✓Source verified“All wholesome food is caught without a net or a trap.”
Read quote → ✓Source verified“Eternity is in love with the productions of time.”
Read quote → ✓Source verified“He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence.”
Read quote → ✓Source verified“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
Read quote → ✓Source verified“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
Read quote → ✓Source verified“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.”
