There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. Aristotle
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. Oscar Wilde
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big. Charles Garfield
It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big.
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. Carl Sagan
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.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. Joseph Joubert
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Oscar Levant
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. Samuel Butler
Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds.
Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to pecuniary [monetary] matters. Want of attention to these matters has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself. William Cobbett
Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to pecuniary [monetary] matters. Want of attention to these matters has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself.
In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man. Maurice Maeterlinck
In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man.
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel. William Hazlitt
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy. Havelock Ellis
Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.
The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency. Margaret Lee Runbeck
The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.
He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities. Robertson Davies
He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.
Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life. Hamilton Wright Mabie
Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life.
Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out. Marguerite Blessington
Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game. Al Spalding
The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game.
In every work of genius we see our own rejected thoughts. Ralph Waldo Emerson
In every work of genius we see our own rejected thoughts.
A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.
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