I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's.

Naught can deform the human race Like to the armor's iron brace.

I rest not from my great task! | To open the Eternal Worlds, | to open the immortal Eyes of Man | Inwards into the Worlds of Thought; | Into eternity, ever expanding | In the Bosom of God, | The Human Imagination

To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

Knowledge of ideal beauty is not to be acquired. It is born with us. Innate ideas are in every man, born with him; theyare truly himself.

The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common.

As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.

Every man who is not an artist is a traitor to his own nature.

Innate ideas are in every man, born with him; they are truly himself. The man who says that we have no innate ideas must be a fool and knave, having no conscience or innate science.