William Blake (1757-1827)


 "Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death".

-William Blake


Interesting Facts

 

 

-William Blake claimed to have mystical visions throughout his lifetime.  When Blake was just 4 years old, he claimed to have looked out his window and see God, and at age 9 he witnessed a tree full of angels.

- As talented as Blake was, he married an illiterate woman and taught her how to read and write so they could work together and produce his work.

-Blake credits many of his ideas for art and literature to conversations he had with his dead brother Robert