2. Personnification allégorique d'une idée abstraite ; représentation de cette allégorie.
3. Aptitude naturelle de l'esprit de quelqu'un qui le rend capable de concevoir, de créer des choses, des concepts d'une qualité exceptionnelle : Le génie d'Einstein.
6. À Rome, conscience divinisée de chaque homme. (Le genius du père de famille était honoré sur l'autel familial.)
Expressions avec génie
Avoir le génie de,
avoir pour quelque chose des dispositions naturelles, poussées à un degré remarquable ; avoir le goût de : Il a le génie des affaires.
Bon, mauvais génie de quelqu'un,
personne qui exerce sur quelqu'un une influence bénéfique, maléfique.
Synonymes :
âme damnée - ange(bon ou mauvais)
De génie,
se dit de quelqu'un qui manifeste une aptitude supérieure qui le rend capable d'invention ; qui porte la marque de cette aptitude remarquable ; génial.
Idée de génie,
très originale, très pertinente, très adaptée à la solution du problème qui était posé, ou, ironique, très mauvaise idée.
Émile Chartier, dit Alain (Mortagne-au-Perche 1868-Le Vésinet 1951) L'histoire est composée de ce que les hommes font contre leur propre génie. Correspondance avec Romain Rolland, Salut et Fraternité , Albin Michel
Louis Aragon (Paris 1897-Paris 1982) Le propre du génie est de fournir des idées aux crétins une vingtaine d'années plus tard. Traité du style, Gallimard
Maurice Barrès (Charmes, Vosges, 1862-Neuilly-sur-Seine 1923) [Balzac,] son métier c'est son génie. Mes cahiers, Plon
Charles Baudelaire (Paris 1821-Paris 1867) Le génie n'est que l'enfance nettement formulée, douée maintenant, pour s'exprimer, d'organes virils et puissants. Les Paradis artificiels
Pierre Augustin Caron deBeaumarchais (Paris 1732-Paris 1799) Parce que vous êtes un grand seigneur, vous vous croyez un grand génie ! Le Mariage de Figaro, V, 3
Vissarion Grigorievitch Belinski (Sveaborg, près d'Helinski, aujourd'hui Suomenlinna, 1811-Saint-Pétersbourg 1848) Ce qui dans le peuple vit inconsciemment et à l'état virtuel, se trouve révélé et réalisé dans le génie. Œuvres complètes, tome X
François René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (Saint-Malo 1768-Paris 1848) Admirable tremblement du temps ! Souvent les hommes de génie ont annoncé leur fin par des chefs-d'œuvre : c'est leur âme qui s'envole. Vie de Rancé
François René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (Saint-Malo 1768-Paris 1848) Shakespeare est au nombre des cinq ou six écrivains qui ont suffi au besoin et à l'aliment de la pensée ; ces génies-mères semblent avoir enfanté et allaité tous les autres. Essai sur la littérature anglaise
Philippe, marquis de Chennevières-Pointel (Falaise 1820-Paris 1899) La politique, si elle n'est le rêve des génies, est d'ordinaire la causette des imbéciles. Contes normands
Jean Cocteau (Maisons-Laffitte 1889-Milly-la-Forêt 1963) Académie française, 1955 Le génie est un cheval emballé qui gagne la course. Poésie critique, Gallimard
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (Paris 1796-Paris 1875) Le tout, c'est d'avoir du génie à vingt ans et du talent à quatre-vingts. Cité par Marguerite Matisse, in les Nouvelles Littéraires, n° 2222, 23 avril 1970
Eugène Delacroix (Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, 1798-Paris 1863) Ce qui fait les hommes de génie, ou plutôt ce qu'ils font, ce ne sont point les idées neuves, c'est cette idée, qui les possède, que ce qui a été dit ne l'a pas encore été assez. Journal, 15 mai 1824
Georges Duhamel (Paris 1884-Valmondois, Val-d'Oise, 1966) Académie française, 1935 Le caractère, qui, parfois demeure étranger au talent, anime toujours le génie. Défense des lettres, Mercure de France
Thomas Alva Edison (Milan, Ohio, 1847-West Orange, New Jersey, 1931) Le génie est fait de un pour cent d'inspiration et de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf pour cent de transpiration. Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Interview in Life, 1932
Léon-Paul Fargue (Paris 1876-Paris 1947) Le génie est une question de muqueuses. L'art est une question de virgules. Sous la lampe, Gallimard
Gustave Flaubert (Rouen 1821-Croisset, près de Rouen, 1880) Académie française, 1880 Le génie, c'est Dieu qui le donne, mais le talent nous regarde. Correspondance, à Louise Colet, 1853
Gustave Flaubert (Rouen 1821-Croisset, près de Rouen, 1880) Académie française, 1880 Le crétin diffère moins de l'homme ordinaire que celui-ci ne diffère de l'homme de génie. Carnets
Élie Fréron (Quimper 1718-Montrouge 1776) Quand un vrai génie paraît dans le monde, on le distingue à cette marque : tous les sots se soulèvent contre lui. Lettres sur quelques écrits de ce temps
Charles de Gaulle (Lille 1890-Colombey-les-Deux-Églises 1970) La proportion rompue entre le but et les moyens, les combinaisons du génie sont vaines. Propos recueillis par André Malraux dans Les Chênes qu'on abat, Gallimard
Remy de Gourmont (Bazoches-au-Houlme, Orne, 1858-Paris 1915) Le génie et la vertu ne s'accrochent que par hasard. Ce n'est pas chez les grands hommes qu'il faut aller chercher les modèles pour les ordinaires et nécessaires vertus sociales. Promenades littéraires, Mercure de France
Louis Poirier, dit JulienGracq (Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, Maine-et-Loire, 1910-Angers 2007) Que j'aimerais […] qu'on serve les fatalités de sa nature avec intelligence : il n'y a pas d'autre génie. Un beau ténébreux, José Corti
Marie Jean Hérault de Séchelles (Paris 1759-Paris 1794) M. de Buffon me dit […] : Le génie n'est qu'une plus grande aptitude à la patience. Voyage à Montbard, Visite à Buffon
sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, dit AnthonyHope (Londres 1863-Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, 1933) À moins d'être un génie, il vaut mieux s'efforcer d'être intelligible. Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible. The Dolly Dialogues
Victor Hugo (Besançon 1802-Paris 1885) Dans les temps anciens, il y avait des ânes que la rencontre d'un ange faisait parler. De nos jours, il y a des hommes que la rencontre d'un génie fait braire. Fragments
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (Montauban 1780-Paris 1867) Avec le talent, on fait ce qu'on veut. Avec le génie, on fait ce qu'on peut. Cité par Julien Green dans son Journal
Alain René Lesage (Sarzeau 1668-Boulogne-sur-Mer 1747) Un de ces esprits sérieux qui veulent passer pour de grands génies, à la faveur de leur silence […]. Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
Franz Liszt (Doborján, Hongrie, aujourd'hui Raiding, Autriche, 1811-Bayreuth 1886) Extension de noblesse oblige : le génie n'oblige pas moins que la noblesse. Erweiterung von : Noblesse oblige. Nicht minder als der Adel verpflichtet das Genie. Über Paganini
Stéphane Mallarmé (Paris 1842-Valvins, Seine-et-Marne, 1898) Le devoir est de vaincre, et un inéluctable despotisme participe du génie. Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe, Scolies
Stéphane Mallarmé (Paris 1842-Valvins, Seine-et-Marne, 1898) Le splendide génie éternel n'a pas d'ombre. Poésies, Toast funèbre
André Malraux (Paris 1901-Créteil 1976) Le chef-d'œuvre est garant du génie, le génie n'est pas garant du chef-d'œuvre. Antimémoires, Gallimard
André Malraux (Paris 1901-Créteil 1976) Quel génie ne sauva ses enfances ? Le Triangle noir, Gallimard
Henry Millon de Montherlant (Paris 1895-Paris 1972) Académie française, 1960 Je n'imagine pas le génie sans courage. Carnets, Gallimard
Alfred de Musset (Paris 1810-Paris 1857) Ah ! frappe-toi le cœur, c'est là qu'est le génie. Premières Poésies, À mon ami Ed. Boucher
Napoléon Ier (Ajaccio 1769-Sainte-Hélène 1821) empereur des Français Les hommes de génie sont des météores destinés à brûler pour éclairer leur siècle. Discours de Lyon, 1791
Germain Nouveau (Pourrières 1851-Pourrières 1920) Quelquefois le génie est le mot d'un enfant. La Doctrine de l'amour, Gallimard
Friedrich von Schiller (Marbach 1759-Weimar 1805) Le génie et la nature ont conclu une alliance éternelle : ce que le premier promet, la seconde l'accomplit certainement. Christophe Colomb Mit dem Genius steht die Natur im ewigen Bunde : was der eine verspricht leistet die andere gewiß. Columbus
Isaac Félix, dit AndréSuarès (Marseille 1868-Saint-Maur-des-Fossés 1948) Le goût est le génie du talent. Valeurs, Grasset
Paul-Jean Toulet (Pau 1867-Guéthary 1920) On n'est pas tombé d'accord encore si le génie est la perfection de ce qui va mourir, ou la singularité de ce qui va naître. Les Trois Impostures, Émile-Paul
Paul Valéry (Sète 1871-Paris 1945) L'homme de génie est celui qui m'en donne. Mauvaises Pensées et autres, Gallimard
Paul Valéry (Sète 1871-Paris 1945) Le génie est une habitude que prennent certains. Cahier B 1910, Gallimard
Paul Valéry (Sète 1871-Paris 1945) Le talent sans génie est peu de chose. Le génie sans talent n'est rien. Mélange, Gallimard
Paul Valéry (Sète 1871-Paris 1945) Génie ! Ô longue impatience ! Charmes, Ébauche d'un serpent , Gallimard
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (Aix-en-Provence 1715-Paris 1747) Ni l'ignorance n'est défaut d'esprit, ni le savoir n'est preuve de génie. Réflexions et Maximes
Boris Vian (Ville-d'Avray 1920-Paris 1959) Le génie est une longue patience, c'est une réflexion de génie pas doué. Textes et Chansons, Julliard
François Marie Arouet, dit Voltaire (Paris 1694-Paris 1778) J'avais dit que son génie était à lui*, et que les fautes étaient à son siècle. Correspondance, à Horace Walpole, 15 juillet 1768 *Shakespeare
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (Dublin 1854-Paris 1900) Le public est extraordinairement tolérant. Il pardonne tout sauf le génie. The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. The Critic as an Artist
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