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Marilyn Monroe 149
American actress, model, and singer 1926–1962Related quotes

“Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.”

“Madness is the genius’ substitute for stupidity.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)

“Some were brilliant bordering on genius. Others, genius bordering on madness”

“It's the imperfections that make things beautiful”
Source: The Summer I Turned Pretty

“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”

“All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful, but the beauty is grim.”

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)
“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”