Thou art a man God is no more Thy own humanity Learn to adore
William BlakeRead
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote suggests that true reality lies in our imagination, while the physical world is merely a reflection of that deeper truth.
William Blake emphasizes the significance of imagination as the primary and eternal realm of existence. He posits that the material universe we perceive through our senses is just a diminished reflection or shadow of the vibrant and profound reality that imagination embodies. This perspective invites us to delve deeper into our creative capacities, suggesting that our inner visions and thoughts hold greater significance than the transient physical world around us.
Themes
ImaginationRealityPhilosophyTruthCreativity
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can inspire artists and writers to embrace their creative visions in public discussions about art.
More from William Blake
All quotes βIn seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
William BlakeRead
O thou who passest through our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from their large nostrils! Thou, O Summer, Oft pitchest here thy golden tent, and oft Beneath our oaks hast slept, while we beheld With joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair.
William BlakeRead
Every Night and every Morn Some to Misery are born. Every Morn and every Night Some are born to Sweet Delight, Some are born to Endless Night.
William BlakeRead
As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
William BlakeRead
He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars.
William BlakeRead
Similar quotes
Until we have finally accepted the fact that there is nothing we can do to change the past, our feelings of regret and remorse and bitterness will prevent us from designing a better future with the opportunity that is before us today.
Jim RohnRead
Our wish is that...[there be] maintained that state of property, equal or unequal, which results to every man from his own industry or that of his fathers.
Thomas JeffersonRead
Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir-tree.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.
Honore De BalzacRead
The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends; it is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists, and every government that supports them.
George W. BushRead
The trauma of the Sixties persuaded me that my generation's egalitarianism was a sentimental error. I now see the hierarchical as both beautiful and necessary. Efficiency liberates; egalitarianism tangles, delays, blocks, deadens.
Camille PagliaRead