Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering-pot and pruning-knife

Quote by Margaret Fuller

Topics: Genius Quotes

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more...

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more...

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to...

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to...

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as...

A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as...

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.

I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.

I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to...

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to...

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact...

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact...

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to...

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to...

Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the...

Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the...

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more...

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more...

It is a vulgar error that love, a love, to woman is her whole existence;...

It is a vulgar error that love, a love, to woman is her whole existence;...

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and...

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and...

For precocity some great price is always demanded sooner or later in life.

For precocity some great price is always demanded sooner or later in life.

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out...

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out...

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.