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Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool.

Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool.

William Blake
Art, Fool, Harmony
William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.478, Oxford University Press, USA

Where there is money there is no art.

William Blake
Art

What has reason to do with the art of painting?

William Blake
Art, Painting, Reason

Rome & Greece swept Art into their maw & destroy'd it; a Warlike State never can produce Art. It will Rob & Plunder & accumulate into one place, & Translate & Copy & Buy & Sell & Criticize, but not Make.

William Blake
Art, Rome, States

Thou art a man God is no more Thy own humanity Learn to adore

William Blake
Art, Men, Humanity
William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.908, Pearson Education

The mocker of Art is the mocker of Jesus.

William Blake
Jesus, Art, Art Is
William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.767, Univ of California Press

Works of Art can only be produc'd in Perfection where the Man is either in Affluence or is Above the Care of it.

William Blake
Art, Men, Perfection
William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.451, Penguin

Degrade first the Arts if you'd Mankind Degrade. Hire Idiots to Paint with cold light & hot shade: Give high Price for the worst, leave the best in disgrace, And with Labours of Ignorance fill every place.

William Blake
Art, Ignorance, Light
William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.155, Wordsworth Editions

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