Poetry Quote by William Blake — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“A Robin Redbreast in a Cage”

“The Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel dined with me, and I asked them how they dared so roundly to assert, that God spoke to them; and whether they did not think at the time, that they would be misunderstood, & so be the cause of imposition.”

“Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.”

“The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.”

“I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”

“Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.”

“You are the calmest, fiercest person I know, and that is enough to draw me into your world and woo me into your heart. I've always enjoyed a good paradox and puzzle. You are no exception.”

“We humans”

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?”

“the one”

“Everything you invent is true: you can be sure of that. Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry.”

“It was not like everyone had said.”