Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes about Genius
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). “The Wisdom of Goethe”, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood
Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1868). “Novels and Tales by Goethe”, p.153
It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). “The Wisdom of Goethe”, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood
The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources
There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.111, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
"Maxims and Reflections". Book by by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Maxim 382, 1833.
Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1893). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.62, Library of Alexandria