Mary MacLane Quotes about Genius

I am not good. I am not virtuous. I am not sympathetic. I am not generous. I am merely and above all a creature of intense passionate feeling. I feel—everything. It is my genius. It burns me like fire.

I am not good. I am not virtuous. I am not sympathetic. I am not generous. I am merely and above all a creature of intense passionate feeling. I feel—everything. It is my genius. It burns me like fire.

Mary MacLane

Fire, Feelings, Genius

Mary MacLane (2014). “Tender Darkness: A Mary MacLane Sampler”, p.116, Petrarca Press

I began to be a woman at twelve, or more properly, a genius.

Mary MacLane

Twelve, Genius

Mary MacLane (2014). “I Await the Devil's Coming: The Story of Mary MacLane”, p.94, The Floating Press

A genius who does not know that he is a genius is no genius.

Mary MacLane

Doe, Genius, Knows

Mary MacLane (2014). “Tender Darkness: A Mary MacLane Sampler”, p.104, Petrarca Press

I am a genius. Then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. I expected to be happy sometime. Now I know I shall never be.

Mary MacLane

Doe, Genius, Expected

Mary MacLane (2014). “I Await the Devil's Coming: Annotated & Unexpurgated”, p.125, Petrarca Press

Genius, apart from natural sensitiveness, is prone equally to unreasoning joy and to bitterest morbidness.

Mary MacLane

Joy, Genius, Natural

Mary MacLane (2014). “I Await the Devil's Coming: The Story of Mary MacLane”, p.63, The Floating Press

Mary MacLane Quotes about Genius

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