I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
“There exists in some individuals more than enough talents, expertises, or greatness for more than three people.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I spent most of my life trying to specialize myself. I went to theater school, film school, music school, mime school ...… — Nuno Roque Copy Share Image
Ibn Firnas was a polymath: a physician, a rather bad poet, the first to make glass from stones (quartz), a student of… — Lynn Townsend White, Jr Copy Share Image
“This book is for the people who don't want to pick a single focus and abandon all their other interests. It's for… — Emilie Wapnick Copy Share Image
“Russell commented that the development of such gifted individuals (referring to polymaths) required a childhood period in which there was little or… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“I firmly believed that with the breadth of knowledge now makes it impossible for someone to be a polymath in the 20th… — Abdus Salam Copy Share Image
“The purpose of having the orphans study all these diverse fields was not for them to just become geniuses, but to become… — James Morcan, Lance Morcan Copy Share Image
The 'polymath' had already died out by the close of the eighteenth century, and in the following century intensive education replaced extensive,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
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“En Skoemager maa og tildeels være Theologus; saa at han veed at giøre Forskiel imellem Religions-Secter: Thi eet er at arbejde for… — Ludvig Holberg Copy Share Image
“In the history of ideas, it's repeatedly happened that an idea, developed in one area for one purpose, finds an unexpected application… — Patrick Grim Copy Share Image
“You could give Aristotle a tutorial. And you could thrill him to the core of his being. Aristotle was an encyclopedic polymath,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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