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

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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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Cruelty has a Human Heart, And jealousy a Human Face; Terror the Human Form Divine, And secrecy the Human Dress. The Human Dress is forged Iron, The Human Form a Fiery Forge, The Human Face a Furnace seal d, The Human Heart its hungry gorge. – William Blake

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The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music. – Joni Mitchell

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I was never too keen on the British music press. Theyve called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didnt write our own songs. – Freddie Mercury

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Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads. – Maynard James Keenan

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Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. – Alphonse de Lamartine

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Memory… is the diary that we all carry about with us. – Oscar Wilde, “The Importance of Being Earnest”

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A social problem is one that concerns the way in which people live together in one society. A racial problem is a problem which confronts two different races who live in two separate societies, even if those societies are side by side. – Pauline Hanson

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[T]hings are entirely what they appear to be and behind them… there is nothing. – Jean Paul Sartre, Nausea

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In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. – Earl Warren

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