Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The role of genius is not to complicate the simple, but to simplify the complicated. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
An enamored amateur need not be a genius to stay out of the ruts he has never been trained in. — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
“Great art might not be popular, but it is always born out of non-linear, non-formulaic thinking.” — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
I have nothing to declare but my genius, and this four-kilo bag of cocaine. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Geniuses are people who notice things and connections between things which others haven't noticed. Genius must be a surprise. — Christopher Ricks Copy Share Image
“There is no doubt that Einstein's pipe was his closest associate, while others--including wife and family--were never permitted the illusion that they… — Palle Yourgrau Copy Share Image
A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things: gratitude and cleanliness. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The ordinary manner of spending their time, is the only way of judging of people's inclination and genius. — Ellin Devis Copy Share Image
There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are,… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
“What we do with the product of genius is first of all ram it down to the lowest common denominator and then… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
“His genius had only begun to flower. This was only journalism, after all, a cup of tea on the way to his… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Poet To mask the fiery thought, in simple words succeeds. For still the craft of genius is, To mask a king in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is to the mind of the architect as eyesight to his steps. The Term 'genius' when applied to him simply means… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
All these words we use, anybody can be a genius now. It used to be you had to have a thought no… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
“The line between genius and idiocy is a big fat freaking eight-lane highway, and if you can't see that then we know… — Greg Bechtel Copy Share Image
The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For… — David Hume Copy Share Image
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
And, it seems like a whole new generation of kids have discovered his genius and are bringing him to life again. I… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The rage for wanting to conclude is one of the most deadly and most fruitless manias to befall humanity. Each religion and… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Creative geniuses are a slap-happy lot. Treat Them with respect. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“ Abel has left mathematicians enough to keep them busy for five hundred years.” — Charles Hermite Copy Share Image
A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There's a lot of controversy online, some people say i'm a genius and other say i'm hugely talented. — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Jesus of Nazareth was a poet, no less than a prophet, of pre-eminent genius. — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
