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Genius |
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 | Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 16 likes |
 | Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. — Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian 9 likes |
 | What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left. — Oscar Levant, 1906-1972, American pianist 8 likes |
 | Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 7 likes |
| It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 7 likes |
 | A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 7 likes |
 | I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 7 likes |
 | The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 7 likes |
 | The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834, English poet & philosopher 7 likes |
 | One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 7 likes |
| For everyday life, genius is as useful as a giant telescope in the theater. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 6 likes |
| There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line — Oscar Levant, 1906-1972, American pianist 6 likes |
 | To see things in the seed, that is genius. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 5 likes |
 | Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 5 likes |
 | Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 5 likes |
 | Genius without education is like silver in the mine. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 4 likes |
| Every child is in a way a genius; and every genius is in a way a child. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 4 likes |
| I have nothing to declare except my genius. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer (to Customs Officials in New York, in 1881) 4 likes |
 | Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 4 likes |
 | Germany is a machine for producing geniuses. Its crowning product was the German Jew which in suitably dramatic style it then tried to destroy. — Michel Tournier, 1924-2016, French writer 4 likes |
 | We are all geniuses up to the age of ten. — Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer 4 likes |
 | If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 4 likes |
 | Genius begins great works. Labor alone finishes them. — Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims 3 likes |
 | Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 3 likes |
 | Genius must be born, and never can be taught. — John Dryden, 1631-1700, English poet 3 likes |
 | Reason is mechanical, humor chemical, and genius organic spirit. — Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer 3 likes |
 | Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher 3 likes |
| Some people 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 can't count above 14. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 3 likes |
 | Genius is finding the invisible link between things. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 2 likes |
| I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 2 likes |
 | Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
 | We allow no geniuses around our Studio. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 2 likes |
 | Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. |
 | It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing. |
 | There is no more light in a genius than in any other honest man —but he has a particular kind of lens to concentrate this light into a burning point. |
 | One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible. |
| Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no shape. |
 | Everybody denies I am a genius, but nobody ever called me one. |
 | Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire. |
| The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. |
 | Every genius I have met could be classified as crazy by most people. They possess the highest level of sanity that us people find difficult to understand and accept. |
 | Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it. |
| Rules and models destroy genius and art. |
 | It is the first step that, in all wars, reveals genius. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher |
 | Criticism is a sublime thing. It is worthy only of geniuses. |
| When the creations of a genius collide with the mind of a layman, and produce an empty sound, there is little doubt as to which is at fault. |
| Geniuses must never die, the progress of mankind depends on us. |
| I'm going to live forever. Geniuses don't die. |
 | The difference between genius and stupidity is this: genius has its limits. |
 | The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. |
 | What is genius? It is the power to be a boy again at will. |
 | He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. |
 | Geniuses are like thunderstorms: they go against the wind, terrify people, clear the air. |
| If the genius is an artist, then he accomplishes his work as art, but neither he nor his work of art has a telos outside him. |
 | Genius: the ability to prolong one’s childhood. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic |
| It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. |
| There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also to stray. |
 | Genius points the way, talent takes it. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims |
Latin Quotes
 | Maximum ingenuity, raw technique. Ingenio maximus, arte rudis. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet (referring to poet Ennius) 24 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. — Bill Watterson, 1958-, American cartoonist 6 likes |
 | Some believe that genius is inherited. The others have no children. |
Stupid Quotes
 | A highly intelligent man should take a primitive woman. Imagine if on top of everything else, I had a woman who interfered with my work. — Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator 14 likes |
 | My IQ is one of the highest — and you all know it! Please don’t feel so stupid or insecure; it’s not your fault. — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 3 likes |
