All JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Quotes about “Genius”

“Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.”
“Boldness has power, magic and genius in it.”
“The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. [Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist Wahreits-Liebe.]”
“Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.”
“The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources”
“It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.”
“First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.”
“Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave.”
“There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.”
“Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the deed, is living and can live on.”

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