Blake Quote by Andrew Elfenbein

“(about William Blake) As for Blake's happiness--a man who knew him said: "If asked whether I ever knew among the intellectual, a happy man,…

— Brenda Ueland

“An Aesthetic Saint”

— J.D. Salinger

“No, good ol’ Blake was beyond reproach in Charlene’s”

— Nikki Jefford

“With all due respect, never, ever refer to Blake as ‘the worst thing’ in my presence again.”

— Debra Anastasia

“After Blakely delivered that infamous and muchrepeated set down, he transferred his gaze to the new Marchioness of Blakely. She shook her head, once.…

— Courtney Milan

“Blake said Milton was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it. I am of the Devil's party and know it.”

— Philip Pullman

“He was sitting this time and kept his head tilted down as he peered up at her. It looked just like an image from…

— Debra Anastasia

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive.

— Laurence Housman

“When he’d composed himself, Blake kissed the top of her head. “Like I could ever say no to you.”

— Debra Anastasia

It's impossible to represent a saint [in Art]. It becomes boring. Perhaps because he is, like the Saturday Evening Post people, inthe position of…

— W. H. Auden

Blake understood. Treated it like a joke, but he understood. He saw the cracks in society, saw the little men in masks trying to…

— Alan Moore

“A saint is long past any desire for distinction; he is the only sort of superior man who has never been a superior person.”

— G.K. Chesterton