QUOTABLE WILLIAM BLAKE: An A to Z Collector's Edition of Quotations (Quotable Wisdom Books)

An A to Z glossary of quotations from William Blake, the English Romantic poet, Christian mystic-philosopher and visionary artist. "If the doors of perception were cleansed," he wrote, "everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." Drawn from his poems, letters and his spiritual manifesto, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. The best quotations of Blake are arranged alphabetically by topic or keyword. With references, giving you points of interest and portals of entrance into Blake's world. Including some of Blake's own illustrations and artwork. Edited by Alex Ayres, a Harvard and UCLA-educated writer-editor whose previous bestsellers include The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain (Harper-Collins) and The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln (Penguin). William Blake was one of the greatest visionaries yet produced by the human race, demonstrating a faculty all humans possess but few develop. Offering glimpses of a cosmic consciousness, Blake may inspire you "to see a world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wild flower, to hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour."