Genius Quote by Horace Walpole

The genius of Shakespeare was an innate university.

— John Keats

Shakespeare was very political, but he was also a fabulous entertainer. That's where his genius comes in as a playwright.

— Adrian Dunbar

I think Shakespeare, at his heart, was just the way all of us are that make movies: He wanted to entertain people.

— Kelly Asbury

Shakespeare was such a splendid vulgarian.

— Gene Weingarten

Oh how Shakespeare would have loved cinema!

— Derek Jarman

I've always adored Shakespeare.

— Gyles Brandreth

Shakespeare was a smart dude. He was the president of Rome.

— Adam DeVine

First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment he actually wrote something for the stage, and he…

— Stephen Greenblatt

“Shakespeare was not a genius. He was, without the distant shadow of a doubt, the most wonderful writer who ever breathed. But not a…

— Mark Forsyth

“No one, not even Shakespeare, surpasses Milton in his command of the sound, the music, the weight and taste and texture of English words.”

— Philip Pullman

I think Shakespeare is everybody's treasure.

— Anne Fortier

We are apt to consider Shakespeare only as a poet; but he was certainly one of the greatest moral philosophers that ever lived.

— Mary Wortley Montagu