François-René de Chateaubriand Quote

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.


Essai sur la littérature anglaise (1836)


Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.