Art Quote by William Blake Download Open image “Every man who is not an artist is a traitor to his own nature.” — William Blake ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Every man Men Nature Traitor
“Every artist is a man who has freed himself from his family, his nation, his race. Every man who has shown the world the… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
An artist has to be selfish; otherwise, he's not true to his own art. — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
The revolt against individualism naturally calls artists severely to account, because the artist is of all men the most individual; those who were not… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and… — Marvin Gaye Copy Share Image
The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist. — Ananda Coomaraswamy Copy Share Image
“Any artist who fails to engage with society and the vulnerability of the individual in a cruel existence should not style him-or herself an… — Lena Andersson Copy Share Image
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. — William Blake Copy Share Image
Kill not the moth nor butterfly, For the Last Judgement draweth nigh. — William Blake Copy Share Image
The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after death of the… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. — William Blake Copy Share Image
Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment. — William Blake Copy Share Image
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Cruelty has a human heart, and jealousy a human face. Terror, the human form divine, And secrecy, the human dress. — William Blake Copy Share Image
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs… — William Blake Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
