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Quote by William Blake
The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrad

The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. – William Blake

Other quotes by William Blake

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only. – William Blake

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God
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William Blake
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The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal the good one really does. – William Blake

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great
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The art world is an all-volunteer force. No one has to be here if he or she doesnt want to be, and we should be associating with anyone we want to. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. – Samuel Butler

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Art

I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza. – Robert Indiana

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Art

Its a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. – W. H. Auden

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Art

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Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. – William Wordsworth

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Nature

Tennis can be a grind and theres always the danger of going stale if you think about it too much. You can get embittered if you train too hard and have nothing else on your mind. You have to be able to relax between matches and between tournaments. – Maureen Connolly

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Sports :: Tennis

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. – John Keats

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Wisdom