“Where passion is married to intelligence, you may find genius, neurosis, madness or rapture.”
Michael Chabon (1963) Novelist, short story writer, essayist
The Mysteries of Berkeley (March 2002)
“Where passion is married to intelligence, you may find genius, neurosis, madness or rapture.”
Michael Chabon (1963) Novelist, short story writer, essayist
The Mysteries of Berkeley (March 2002)
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Genius is a form of madness and we're all that way. But I used to be coy about it, like me guitar playing. But if there's such a thing as genius — I am one. And if there isn't, I don't care.
John Lennon interview with Rolling Stone magazine (December 1970)
“I, for example, am a pompous asshole, but my comics are genius!”
Brian K. Vaughan (1976) American screenwriter, comic book creator
BKV on War of the Worlds http://www.bkv.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3002
“Who shall say I am not
the happy genius of my household?”
William Carlos Williams book Al Que Quiere!
"Danse Russe"
Al Que Quiere! (1917)
Indro Montanelli (1909–2001) Italian journalist
cited in Marco Travaglio, Montanelli e il Cavaliere: storia di un grande e di un piccolo uomo.
2000s - 2010s
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) American feminist, poet, author, and activist
"The Modern Drama" in Art, Literature and the Drama (1858).
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist
Quote, early January 1986, in: 'El País, Dalí vuelve a casa', 17 July 1986: as cited on Wikipedia: Salvador Dali
Dali was returned to the Teatro-Museo and on his return he made his last public appearance. He was taken in a wheelchair to a room where press and TV were waiting and made this brief public statement
Quotes of Salvador Dali, 1981 - 1989
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
John Lennon interview with Rolling Stone magazine (December 1970)
Context: When I was about twelve, I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. Either I'm a genius or I'm mad, which is it? "No," I said, "I can't be mad because nobody's put me away; therefore I'm a genius." Genius is a form of madness and we're all that way. But I used to be coy about it, like me guitar playing. But if there's such a thing as genius — I am one. And if there isn't, I don't care.