William Blake Quotes About Genius

Quotes about: Genius

• And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification

  William Blake

  Genius, Ease, Sake

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.39, Univ of California Press

• Execution is the chariot of genius.

  William Blake

  Science, Genius, Execution

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.643, Univ of California Press

• Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

  William Blake

  Engineering, Genius, Improvement

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.38, Univ of California Press

• As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs.

  William Blake

  Angel, Fire, Insanity

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.35, Univ of California Press

• The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.

  William Blake

  Respect, Art, Men

  William Blake (1988). “William Blake”, Oxford University Press, USA

• When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!

  William Blake

  Eagles, Bird, Genius

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.116, Pearson Education

• The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever their enlarged & numerous senses could perceive.

  William Blake

  Cities, Names, Rivers

  William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.204, Delphi Classics

• Ages are All Equal. / But Genius is Always Above The Age.

  William Blake

  Age, Genius, Equal

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.649, Univ of California Press

• God is the poetic genius in each of us.

  William Blake

  Genius, Poetic

• The worship of God is, Honouring his gifts in other men each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men best; those who envy or calumniate great men hate God, for there is no other God.

  William Blake

  Hate, Men, Envy

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.143, Pearson Education

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