Since when was genius found respectable?

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: Genius Quotes, Respect Quotes

All actual heroes are essential men, / And all men possible heroes...

All actual heroes are essential men, / And all men possible heroes...

And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword....

And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword....

I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in...

I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in...

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it...

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it...

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous

Eccentricities of genius.

Eccentricities of genius.

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all...

Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all...

Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.

Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his...

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his...

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did...

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did...