Genius Quotes
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The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
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Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.
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I know of no such thing as genius, genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
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The real problem is that through our scientific genius we’ve made of the world a neighborhood, but through our moral and spiritual genius we’ve failed to make of it a brotherhood.
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The energy of devils and angels is the same energy; it's how you use it. It's fuel. There is a saying: If you scare all your devils away, the angels will go away with them. You know, the halo and the horns are the same thing. I mean it's OK to be spiritually horny - that's what creative genius is all about. Geniuses don't have time to think about how it's going to be received... they don't have time to think whether people like it or not, is it morally right, will God like it?
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It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
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The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
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Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
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Am I crazy or am I a genius? I don't think I'm either.
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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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There is no more dreary or more repulsive creature than the man who has evaded his genius.
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A genius may perhaps be a century ahead of his age and hence stands there as a paradox, but in the end, the race will assimilate what was once a paradox, so it is no longer paradoxical.
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The term "genius" gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.
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I'd always wanted to be an idiot genius Soho alcoholic.
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Consequently, the value and importance of the monarchic idea cannot reside in the person of the monarch himself except if Heaven decides to lay the crown on the brow of the heroic genius like Frederick the Great or a wise character like William I.
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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Genius simply cannot be reduced to a set of rules for anyone to follow.
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Each man's soul is his genius.
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One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced; he should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
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The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the man of absolute genius.
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Greatness is helping others realize they are great, beautiful and capable. Genius is seeing the wonder and possibility in those others ignore.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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There is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs up in any brain, which can never be communicated to others, even if one were to write volumes about it and were explaining one's idea for thirty-five years; there's something left which cannot be induced to emerge from your brain, and remains with you forever; and with it you will die, without communicating to anyone perhaps the most important of your ideas.
