William Blake Quotes about Life
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell "A Memorable Fancy" plate 14 (1790 - 1793). Inspired the title of Aldous Huxley's 1954 book about drug experimentation, The Doors of Perception, which in turn inspired the name of the 1960s rock group The Doors.
William Blake (1868). “Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul”, p.98
'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'Proverbs of Hell'
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell "Proverbs of Hell" (1790 - 1793)
William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.702, Univ of California Press
William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.6, Wordsworth Editions
William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.243, Wordsworth Editions
'The Everlasting Gospel' (c.1818) (d) l. 99
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.203, Delphi Classics
'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'The Clod and the Pebble'
William Blake, William Butler Yeats (1905). “Collected Poems”, p.165, Psychology Press
'MS Note-Book' p. 105
'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'The Sick Rose'
William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). “Selected Poetry”, p.75, Oxford University Press, USA
To Chloe's breast young Cupid slily stole, But he crept in at Myra's pocket-hole.
William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.809, Delphi Classics