Blake, William (William Blake)

The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
-- William Blake

I must create my own System, or be enslaved by another Man's. I will not Reason and Compare - my business is to Create!
-- William Blake

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.
-- William Blake

The tree, which moves some to tears of joy, is, in the eyes of others, only a green thing that stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.
-- William Blake

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.
-- William Blake

He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
-- William Blake

What is the price of Experience? do men buy it for a song?
Or wisdom for a dance in the street?
No, it is bought with the price
Of all that a man hath, his house, his wife, his children.
Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy,
And in the wither'd field where the
farmer plows for bread in vain.

-- William Blake

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

-- William Blake

What is now proved was once only imagin'd

-- William Blake

When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree.
-- William Blake