Yannis Stavrou, Portrait of a Young Woman, oil on canvas
From ancient Greek philosophers to English romantism...
Let us enjoy some quotations by William Blake...
William Blake
Quotations
- A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
- A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
- Active Evil is better than Passive Good.
- Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
- Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.
- Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
- As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
- Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.
- Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
- Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?
- Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.
- Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.
- Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
- Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
- Every harlot was a virgin once.
- Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
- Exuberance is beauty.
- For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.
- Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.
- Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
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