John Dryden Quotes About Genius

Quotes about: Genius

• Arts and sciences in one and the same century have arrived at great perfection; and no wonder, since every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies; the work then, being pushed on by many hands, must go forward.

  John Dryden

  Art, Hard Work, Science

  John Dryden, Keith Walker (2003). “The Major Works”, p.79, Oxford University Press, USA

• Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

  John Dryden

  Taught, Genius, Born

  John Dryden (1868). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.256

• Every age has a kind of universal genius, which inclines those that live in it to some particular studies.

  John Dryden

  Age, Genius, Study

  'An Essay of Dramatic Poesy' (1668)

• A happy genius is the gift of nature.

  John Dryden

  Genius

  John Dryden (1990). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume XX: Prose 1691-1698 De Arte Graphica and Shorter Works”, p.61, Univ of California Press

• Genius must be born, it can't be taught.

  John Dryden

  Genius, Taught, Born

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