Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede not because they have a hundred feet but because most people cant count above fourteen.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus they laughed at Fulton they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea shining in his head frightened people and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him
What moves men of genius or rather what inspires their work is not new ideas but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough
Our observation of nature must be diligent our reflection profound and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason creative geniuses are not common.
Genius: 1. to believe your own thought. To believe that what is true for you is ultimately true. 2. a sledgehammer. 3. the fruit of labour and thought. 4. soul. 5. the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. 6. something one can become.
There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded.
Someone has defined genius as intensity of purpose: the ability to do the patience to wait…. Put these together and you have genius and you have achievement.
Genius … is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one and where the man of talent sees two or three plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.
The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even the man of genius himself more frequently employs the advantages that chance presents him; it is the lapidary who gives value to the diamond which the peasant has dug up without knowing its value.
If there be anything that can be called genius it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.
Dont bother about genius. Dont worry about being clever. Trust to hard work perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is: Dont grumble. Plug on!
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede not because they have a hundred feet but because most people cant count above fourteen.
Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.
Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.
Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out.
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain hazardous and conflicting information.
Talent lying in the understanding is often inherited; genius being the action of reason or imagination rarely or never.
Genius is naught but a greater aptitude for patience.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius
The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion twenty years later.
Talent develops in tranquillity character in the full current of human life.
Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite.
Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
Theres a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Genius is eternal patience.
One science only will one genius fit: So vast is art so narrow human wit.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus they laughed at Fulton they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
There is no great genius without a tincture of madness. Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiæ
It takes a lot of time to be a genius you have to sit around so much doing nothing really doing nothing.
Without the Way there is no going; Without the Truth there is no knowing; Without the Life there is no living.
Theres a fine line between participation and mockery.
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea shining in his head frightened people and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him
I have known no man of genius who had not to pay in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual for what the gods had given him.
The ability of someone to choose and arrange the details of their creative field guided by a vision is a major hallmark of a genius.
Since when was genius found respectable?
I dont want to be a genius I have enough problems just trying to be a man.
Like associates with like.
What moves men of genius or rather what inspires their work is not new ideas but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough
Our observation of nature must be diligent our reflection profound and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason creative geniuses are not common.
I dont speak for others and they dont speak for me. Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.
Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
Genius will live and thrive without training but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning knife.
Genius: 1. to believe your own thought. To believe that what is true for you is ultimately true. 2. a sledgehammer. 3. the fruit of labour and thought. 4. soul. 5. the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. 6. something one can become.
A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are the portals of discovery.
Genius does not herd with genius.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent the power to do the right thing the first time.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
The true genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined to some particular direction.
There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded.
Genius is talent provided with ideals.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love love love that is the soul of genius.
Someone has defined genius as intensity of purpose: the ability to do the patience to wait…. Put these together and you have genius and you have achievement.
Before I was a genius I was a drudge.
Genius … is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one and where the man of talent sees two or three plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.
The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even the man of genius himself more frequently employs the advantages that chance presents him; it is the lapidary who gives value to the diamond which the peasant has dug up without knowing its value.
If there be anything that can be called genius it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.
Dont bother about genius. Dont worry about being clever. Trust to hard work perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is: Dont grumble. Plug on!