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Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool.

William Blake

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
Collector
Engraver
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lithographer
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Printer
Theologian
London
England
W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
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Harmony
Smile
Fool
Art
Like
Colouring
Destructive

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