"The following Discourse [on art, by Sir Joshua Reynolds] is particularly Interesting to Blockheads as it endeavours to prove that There is No such thing as Inspiration & that any Man of a plain Understanding may by Thieving from Others become a Mich Angelo."

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About William Blake

William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker, and a foundational figure of British Romanticism. Born in London on 1757-11-28, he produced visionary works including Songs of Innocence and of Experience and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. He died in London on 1827-08-12.

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