Genius Quotes
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When a real genius appeares in this world, you'll know him by the fact that all the fools have allied against him.
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There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not.
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The ordinary manner of spending their time, is the only way of judging of people's inclination and genius.
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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.
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Let a man of genius make use of photography as it should be used, and he will raise himself to a height that we do not know.
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Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
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If I could explain golf, I'd be a genius.
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Genius has no brother.
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Genius is not only a what or a who, it is a where. It is grounded in a place every single time.
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Genius may be almost defined as the faculty of acquiring poverty.
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A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity.
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It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.
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Neurosis has an absolute genius for malingering. There is no illness which it cannot counterfeit perfectly. If it is capable of deceiving the doctor, how should it fail to deceive the patient.
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When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.
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Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is flat.
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I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would be a pity, for sleeping is the highest accomplishment of genius.
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Similarly the men who produce works of genius are not those who live in the most delicate atmosphere, whose conversation is most brilliant, or their culture broadest, but those who have had the power, ceasing in a moment to live only for themselves, to make use of their personality as of a mirror.
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All the geniuses I ever met were so just part of the time. To qualify, you only have to be great once, you know. Once when it matters.
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Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not?
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Being a mathematical genius doesn't do you any favors as far as having something to say in music. You see every style as equal, and you want complicated music to devour.
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Genius is lonely without the surrounding presence of a people to inspire it.
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It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.
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Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'.
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Jesus was the greatest religious genius that ever lived.
