"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
— Marilyn Monroe
Imperfection Is Beauty Madness Is Genius
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
About this quote
No verified primary source has been found for this quote. Multiple Monroe scholars and the Marilyn Remembered fan club list it as unverifiable — it does not appear in her autobiography My Story, in her archived interviews, or in any documented statement. It shares the style of many popular internet-era misattributions that circulated under her name from the 2000s onward.
Source
Attributed, widely quoted from interviews
