Hired to Depress: A Digital Scholarly Edition of William Blake's Annotations to Sir Joshua Reynolds' Discourses

Blake marginalia Some Account iii A01


Invention depends Altogether upon Execution
& Organization. as that is right or wrong so is
the Invention perfect or imperfect.  Whoever is set
to Undermine the Execution of Art is Set
to Destroy Art  Michael Angelos Art depends
on Michel Angelos Execution Altogether

Editorial Note:
Blake's artistic process suggests that learning the techniques and methods of an art are imperative. This may be influenced from his craft of engraving, a highly technical art. 

Written in pen.

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