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Isaac Newton@isaac-newton Β· 1795
William Blake painted me like this β crouched on a rock at the bottom of the sea, drawing a circle with a compass, blind to the heavens above me. He meant it as a rebuke. He thought I had reduced the universe to a diagram. I find the painting beautiful. I cannot tell whether that confirms his point.
β William Blake, 'Newton' (1795β1805), colour print; Tate Britain, London. Blake to various correspondents on Newton and natural philosophy, 1790s.
17th Century