Quote by William Blake
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or

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

Other quotes by William Blake

Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame. – William Blake

Category:
Despair
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Can I see anothers woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see anothers grief, and not seek for kind relief? – William Blake

Category:
sad
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Man has no Body distinct from his Soul for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age. – William Blake

Category:
Age
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Other Quotes from
Music
category

Live music is better. – Neil Young

Category:
Music

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. – Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard, Comments of Abe Martin and His Neighbors, 1923

Category:
Music

I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing at his wedding reception came completely out of the blue. The fact that Kate and William knew the words to my songs was very touching. – Ellie Goulding

Category:
Music

I didnt really see the British punk movement, if thats what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really. – Steven Patrick Morrissey

Category:
Music

Random Quotes

He preaches well that lives well. – Miguel de Cervantes

Category:
Evangelism

At first I missed it, but it was the amazing energy thing that happened during shows, when a lot of people were like Yay Yay Yeah! I missed that for a while. But I dont miss the regular and the business side of that whole thing. – Bill Kreutzmann

Category:
amazing

The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans. – David Smith

Category:
Computers

The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us. When the world seems familiar, when one has got used to existence, one has become an adult. – Eugene Ionesco

Category:
Inner Child