Madame de Stael Quotes About Genius
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If it were not for respect for human opinions, I would not open my window to see the Bay of Naples for the first time, whilst I would go five hundred leagues to talk with a man of genius whom I had not seen.
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Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music, and poetry.
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Good taste cannot supply the place of genius in literature, for the best proof of taste, when there is no genius, would be, not to write at all.
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Courage of soul is necessary for the triumphs of genius.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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Genius inspires this thirst for fame: there is no blessing undesired by those to whom Heaven gave the means of winning it.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.
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