Reads tagged with “William Blake”
Blake, Beethoven, and the Tragic Genius of Outsiderdom
“It is the mark of a genius like Blake … that what is purest and most consistent in his thought burns away his own suffering and fanaticism, while his art speaks to what is most deeply human in us.”
Patti Smith on Time, Transformation, and How the Radiance of Love Redeems the Rupture of Loss
“The transformation of the heart is a wondrous thing, no matter how you land there.”
Beastly Verse: From Lewis Carroll to William Blake, Beloved Poems About Animals in Vibrant and Unusual Illustrations
“Stories are a meal. But poetry is a glass of water, perhaps even a single drop that will save your life.”
William Blake’s Most Beautiful Letter: The 20-Year-Old Artist’s Searing Defense of the Imagination and the Creative Spirit
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way… As a man is, so he sees.”
Diane Ackerman on the Secret Life of the Senses and the Measure of Our Aliveness
“The great affair, the love affair with life, is to live as variously as possible, to groom one’s curiosity like a high-spirited thoroughbred, climb aboard, and gallop…”
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