Quote#Art
It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to…
Quote byMargaret Fuller · 1810–1850
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Modern Drama" in Art, Literature and the Drama (1858).
English (original)
It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant.
— Margaret Fuller
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