“Genius is an infinite capacity for causing pain.”

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood - “Genius is an infinite capacity for...” 1

Similar quotes

“Genius is an infinite capacity for pain.”

Thomas M. Disch
Read more

“They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.”

Arthur Conan Doyle
Read more

“Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play.”

William Saroyan
Read more

“Why do we have such a finite capacity for pleasure but an infinite one for pain?”

Marian Keyes
Read more

“I saw that Haller was a genius of suffering and that in the meaning of many sayings of Nietzsche he had created within himself with positive genius a boundless and frightful capacity for pain.”

Hermann Hesse
Read more