| William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908. | | | | On Art and Artists | | All pictures that ’s painted with sense and with thought |
| | XXXIII 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 Raphael it, Fuseli it, nor Blake it; | 5 |
| 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. | | | | |
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