Genius Quotes
I would predicate that in all great works of genius masculine and feminine elements in the personality find expression, whether this androgynous nature is played out sexually or not.
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.
Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.
I think all writers have a bit of genius in them, and a bit of talent. Genius retreats but talent improves.
Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies with its lasting, inextinguishable laughter.
Men of great genius and large heart sow the seeds of a new degree of progress in the world, but they bear fruit only after many years.
The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for originality, but who realizes the value of artistic tradition.
I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.
I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26. Genius is experience. Some think to seem that it is a gift or talent, but it is the fruit of long experience in many lives
Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.
I figured if the plane goes down, I'll go with a great genius and will always have my name connected with his.
In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.
Everyone is an artist and a genius, I think. If we don't choose to limit ourselves then we are totally accomplished.
Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old!
The concealment of art by the actor is as great a mark of genius as it is in the painter.
By nature a philosopher is not in genius and disposition half so different from a street porter, as a mastiff is from a greyhound
Genius has its fatality. Must we not see in its works a manifestation of the will of Providence?
I wouldn't say jamie is an evil genius. I'm not sure he's evil and I'm not sure he's a genius.
Grateful to The Kerry Gaynor Method for saving my manager's life. He quit smoking thanks to their genius Method.
Instead of labeling and discriminating against one or the other, we need to learn to blend our gifts and complement our geniuses.
They shaved my head, eyebrows. This is not a sci-fi picture. It's not a fantasy picture. You're dealing with something that's supposed to be in reality. But we had a genius makeup artist.
Genius consists not in making great discoveries, but in seeing the connection between small discoveries.
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others.
…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.
A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old.
What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.
Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.
The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science.