Quotes on Genius And Madness

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence.

There is always some madness in love.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.