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DRAMATISTS > poet, critic > Matthew Arnold
Genius is mainly...
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Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be imminent in poetry - and we have Shakespeare.
Source: From an Internet collection of quotations.
-- Matthew Arnold, (Dec 24 1822-1888), English poet, critic; He was an Oxford professor, known for his poem Dover Beach, 1853 and as a crusader for classicism.