Genius Quotes
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If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation.
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As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs.
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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.
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Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness.
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The distinction between talent and genius is definite. Talent combines and uses; genius combines and creates.
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Adversity is the midwife of genius.
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There are two types of genius; one which above all begets and wants to beget, and another which prefers being fertilized and giving birth.
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The first thing the world does to a genius is to make him lose all his youth.
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Of course, I consider myself a feminist, but I wouldn't say I'm a feminist genius or anything.
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The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public.
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Inspiration is the opportunity of genius.
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When I had to fill in my immigration papers, I gave my age as 19, and my profession as genius; I added that I had nothing to declare except my talent.
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Features alone do not run in the blood; vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through the same sure but unseen channel.
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Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.
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Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
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The seventh factor of the basic ingredients of genius, as determined from an extensive analysis of the lives of outstanding men of this nation, is *the habit of going the extra mile.* You will never be a genius unless you make it a habit to do more and better than you are paid to do, every single day of your life.
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I can't take his genius any more.
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True genius without heart is a thing of nought - for not great understanding alone, not intelligence alone, nor both together, make genius. Love! Love! Love! that is the soul of genius.
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A genius is a talented person who does his homework.
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Marvin Gaye is our John Lennon. The longer he's gone, the more young people appreciate his art. 'What's Going On' was a work of genius far ahead of it's time.
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Whenever I'm out of town for at least a week, I feel like I should write a postcard or something, but you can be a genius, you try and write a postcard you come across like a moron anyway: 'This city's got big buildings. I like food. Bye.'
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The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
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Never imitate the eccentricities of genius, but toil after it in its truer flights. They are not so easy to follow, but they lead to higher regions.
