Arts & Sciences

All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought

by William Blake 1757–1827

From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)

Arts & Sciences

All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought
Are painted by Madmen, as sure as a Groat;
For the Greater the Fool is the Pencil more blest,
As when they are drunk they always paint best.
They never can Rafael it, Fuseli it, nor Blake it;
If they can't see an outline, pray how can they make it?
When Men will draw outlines begin you to jaw them;
Madmen see outlines and therefore they draw them.

MLA

Blake, William. “All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/208/.

Chicago

Blake, William. “All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/208/.

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