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		‘To Particularize the Alone Distinction of Merit’: Blake's Visionary Imagination (nybooks.com)
		22 points by gruseom on Oct 21, 2019 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

kordlessagain on Oct 22, 2019 [–]

> “The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel’d to heaven is no artist.”

The man who judges how others think thinks the least of his own shortcomings.

Also, he's dead.

vo2maxer on Oct 22, 2019 | [–]

Blake responds:

“To generalize is to be an idiot.”

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