--- title: "9 Genius Madness Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Genius Madness quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Genius Madness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/rex-ruthman-56905_genius_the-difference-between-genius-and-madnes_1022415.jpg" --- > [The difference between genius and madness is figuring out how to live in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-ruthman/the-difference-between-genius-and-madness-is-figuring-out-how-to-live/) [Rex Ruthman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-ruthman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/rex-ruthman-56905_genius_the-difference-between-genius-and-madnes_1022415.jpg) > [Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-diderot/oh-how-near-are-genius-and-madness-men-imprison-them-and-chain-them/) [Denis Diderot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-diderot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/denis-diderot-1536_chains_oh-how-near-are-genius-and-madness-men-i_1675165.png) > [Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/obsession-is-the-wellspring-of-genius-and-madness/) [Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/michel-de-montaigne-142_genius_obsession-is-the-wellspring-of-genius-an_2347798.jpg) > [“Creation is messy. You want genius, you get madness; two sides of the same coin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/creation-is-messy-you-want-genius-you-get-madness-two-sides-of-the/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/steve-jobs-307_creation_creation-is-messy-you-want-genius-you-ge_1436855.jpg) > [Those who truly walk the line between genius and madness are truly alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bipolar-godauthor/those-who-truly-walk-the-line-between-genius-and-madness-are-truly/) Bipolar Godauthor [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bf/bipolar-godauthor-110412_genius-and-madness_those-who-truly-walk-the-line-between-ge_2168157.jpg) > [“He shook his head. “I can’t decide if it’s genius or madness.” “Maybe it’s a little bit of both,” said Nancy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/he-shook-his-head-i-can-t-decide-if-it-s-genius-or-madness-maybe-it-s/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/seanan-mcguire-972_logic_he-shook-his-head-i-can-t-decide-if-it-s_876330.jpg) > [Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/genius-and-madness-have-something-in-common-both-live-in-a-world-that/) [Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/arthur-schopenhauer-226_common_genius-and-madness-have-something-in-com_728353.jpg) > [“Unfortunately there is some genius in all my madness and fortunately the madness is still there in all your genius.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arpit-gautam/unfortunately-there-is-some-genius-in-all-my-madness-and-fortunately/) Arpit Gautam [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/arpit-gautam-220854_genius_unfortunately-there-is-some-genius-in-al_2696732.jpg) > [Within the universe of the extraordinary, those qualities we designate to human concepts of gender are often shared, exchanged, or even completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/within-the-universe-of-the-extraordinary-those-qualities-we-designate/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/anonymous-1_blur_within-the-universe-of-the-extraordinary_260499.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genius-madness/#itemlist", "name": "Genius Madness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The difference between genius and madness is figuring out how to live in the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rex Ruthman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-ruthman/the-difference-between-genius-and-madness-is-figuring-out-how-to-live/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/rex-ruthman-56905_genius_the-difference-between-genius-and-madnes_1022415.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/rex-ruthman-56905_genius_the-difference-between-genius-and-madnes_1022415.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/rex-ruthman-56905_genius_the-difference-between-genius-and-madnes_1022415.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The difference between genius and madness is figuring out how to live in the world.” — Rex Ruthman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh! how near are genius and madness! 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