What did Isaac D'Israeli mean by: Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often originates in the events of times. Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England Copy
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Creativity, Potential, Progress, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Criticism, Merit, Reading, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, enthusiasm is the true part of genius. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Enthusiasm, Genius, Solitude, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
A circle may be small, yet it may be as mathematically beautiful and perfect as a large one. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Beauty, Perfection, Size, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Literary friendship is a sympathy not of manners, but of feelings. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Feelings, Friendship, Sympathy, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Beware of the man of one book. [Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.] Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Ignorance, Narrow-mindedness, Warning, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the enthusiasm of genius. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Philosophy, Poetry, Science, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Excellence, Mediocrity, Taste, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
The concealment of art by the actor is as great a mark of genius as it is in the painter. Francois Delsarte Musician · France
My art is a form of restoration in terms of my feelings to myself and to others. Louise Bourgeois Sculptor · France
If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius. Michelangelo Artist · Italy
The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius. Washington Allston Painter · USA
