Degrade first the arts if you'd mankind degrade, Hire idiot… - William Blake

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Degrade first the arts if you'd mankind degrade, Hire idiots to paint with cold light and hot shade.

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William Blake (November 28 1757 – August 12 1827) was an English poet, Christian mystic, painter, printmaker, and engraver.

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Alternative Names: W. Blake • Uil'iam Bleik • Blake

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SUCH VISIONS HAVE APPEARD TO ME AS I MY ORDERD RACE HAVE RUN JERUSALEM IS NAMED LIBERTY AMONG THE SONS OF ALBION

In every cry of every man,
In every infant’s cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forged manacles I hear.

As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.

Degrade first the arts if you'd mankind degrade, Hire idiots to paint with cold light and hot shade. - William Blake

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