Genius still means to me, in my Russian fastidiousness and pride of phrase, a unique dazzling gift. The gift of James Joyce,… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
I wish you would recollect that Painting and Punctuality mix like Oil and Vinegar, and that Genius and regularity are utter Enemies… — Thomas Gainsborough Copy Share Image
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The guy that I worked on 'Thriller ' was a genius and he was 20 years old, but it was like working… — John Landis Copy Share Image
“What a marvellous invention man is! He can blow on his hands to warm them up, and blow on his soup to… — Georges Perec Copy Share Image
“She was sorceress on paper, a goddess in her mind but a mere peasant to everyone living in her present times.” — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable. It is no doubt a sublimer effort of genius than the Greek… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Well, I believe there are very practical answers to what makes a genius tick. I believe there are principles that we can… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
As scientists the two men were contrasting types—Einstein all calculation, Rutherford all experiment ... There was no doubt that as an experimenter… — Chaim Weizmann Copy Share Image
Human domination over nature is quite simply an illusion, a passing dream by a naive species. It is an illusion that has… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
The cliche of the nerdy kid who doesn't go outside and just plays games is completely untrue. And it's also true for… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Painting seems to be to the eye what dancing is to the limbs. When that has educated the frame to self-possession, to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Just reading that - just reading that a person can be black and still perform in blackface, making fun of black people… — Cecile McLorin Salvant Copy Share Image
There's also the idea in this country [USA], it's not wholly new, but it's new in its kind of purity, in that… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
“A leader is responsible for those under his authority. That is the first rule of command. He is responsible for their safety,… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine: as churches and monasteries… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Now more than ever the world needs your brilliance, your voice, your unique imagination, and your particular genius.” — Gloria Burgess Copy Share Image
I'm not a god, I'm not a genius, I'm not a monk, I make non-design for non-consumers. I don't know if I… — Philippe Starck Copy Share Image
Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning knife. — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
They shaved my head, eyebrows. This is not a sci-fi picture. It's not a fantasy picture. You're dealing with something that's supposed… — Rick Yune Copy Share Image
But I don't think Art's an Einstein - he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius. — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say,… — Natalie Massenet Copy Share Image
As far as me knowing if Frank was a genius - in those days, I thought Einstein was the only genius around. — Jimmy Carl Black Copy Share Image
“Ai is not a threat to artists; it's merely a reflection of your genius, a machine's attempt to copy your mastery. —… — Raigon Stanley Copy Share Image
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Loner heroes do appeal to that part of yourself that feels as though your genius hasn't been recognised. — Shaun Evans Copy Share Image
The great man of science, unless he is also a philosopher, ... deserves the title of genius as little as the man… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
I'm really compulsive with music. I listen too much, and I can't listen to one thing. I love iTunes Genius. — Lady Sovereign Copy Share Image
The technical genius which could find answers ... was not cooped up in military or civilian bureaucracy, but was to be found… — Henry H. Arnold Copy Share Image
“A man's genius seems to befriend the more when he reads with open heart, the masterpiece of masterminds, the sagacity of sages,… — Ogwo David Emenike Copy Share Image
Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius. — Linda Blair Copy Share Image
When you drink coffee, you become very focused, and in fact, the key to creative genius is to be defocused. — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I am not sure if women are attracted to genius. Can you imagine the wise wizard winning the woman over the gallant… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Genius inspires this thirst for fame: there is no blessing undesired by those to whom Heaven gave the means of winning it. — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
I don't buy into the phrase 'comedy genius.' It's like football; you can have the talent, but 90 per cent is hard… — Josh Widdicombe Copy Share Image
![“There's also the idea in this country [USA], it's not wholly new, but it's new in its kind of purity, in that you have to be really smart to be really rich. I always say to people, the reason people believe this is a) they've never met a really smart person, and b) they've never met a really rich…” quote by Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/bad/fran-lebowitz-690_believe_there-s-also-the-idea-in-this-country-us_480145.jpg)
