Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius.

William Blake

More information about this quote

Topic

Genius

Author

William Blake

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Occupation

Artist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Blake, William. Quoted in Aphorisms on Man, written by Johann Caspar Lavater. London: J. Johnson, 1788, no. 93, annotation.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Annotations to Lavater's Aphorisms on Man." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by William Blake about genius: “Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius.”
Download
A quote by William Blake about genius: “Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius.”
Download
A quote by William Blake about genius: “Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote by William Blake

Love to faults is always blind,
Always is to joy inclin'd,
Lawless, wing'd, and unconfin'd,
And breaks all chains from every mind.

William Blake

Buy a book containing this poem at Amazon Buy a book containing this poem at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Power of love Being in love Love

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Love to faults is always blind." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote from the 1780s

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Bill of Rights

Buy the Constitution of the United States at Amazon Buy the Constitution of the United States at Amazon
Read the Bill of Rights at the National Archives website
More information about this quote
Topic
Second Amendment Gun rights
Source
Bill of Rights Constitution of the United States
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1789 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

United States Constitution. Amend. 2.

Current Citation

The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Written by Delegates of The Constitutional Convention. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 2.