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The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.

The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.

William Blake
Imagination, States, Existence
William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.132, Univ of California Press

In your own bosom you bear your heaven and earth, And all you behold, though it appears without, It is within, in your imagination, Of which this world of mortality is but a shadow.

William Blake
Imagination, Heaven, Shadow
William Blake, David Fuller (2008). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, Longman Publishing Group

Work up imagination to the state of vision.

William Blake
Imagination, Vision, States
William Blake (1906). “Illustrations of the Book of Job”

The world of imagination is the world of eternity.

William Blake
Imagination, World, Eternity
William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.446, Penguin

If you cannot imagine with the mind's eye much more than you can see with the mortal eye, you have a very poor imagination indeed.

William Blake
Eye, Imagination, Mind

One Power alone makes a Poet: Imagination. The Divine Vision.

William Blake
Imagination, Vision, Poet
William Blake, David V. Erdman, Harold Bloom (1982). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.665, Univ of California Press

Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything.

William Blake
Believe, Imagination, Age
'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'A Memorable Fancy' plates 12-13

The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after death of the vegetative body.

William Blake
Imagination, World, Body
William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.555, Univ of California Press

For the Eye altering alters all; The Senses roll themselves in fear And the flat Earth becomes a Ball.

William Blake
Eye, Imagination, Balls
William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.123, Routledge

Nature has no outline. Imagination has.

William Blake
Imagination, Outlines

Art degraded, Imagination denied.

William Blake
Art, Imagination, Denied
William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.274, Univ of California Press

I rest not from my great task! | To open the Eternal Worlds, | to open the immortal Eyes of Man | Inwards into the Worlds of Thought; | Into eternity, ever expanding | In the Bosom of God, | The Human Imagination

William Blake
Eye, Men, Imagination
William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.147, Univ of California Press

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