I think there are very few people that I would give the…

The great man of science, unless he is also a philosopher, ... deserves the title of genius as little as the man of action.

— Otto Weininger

I think Berry Gordy is a genius, I really do, and it's not a word I throw around lightly. But with all that comes…

— Suzanne de Passe

“And, of course, he eventually found it—proving that genius often really is just persistence in disguise. In applying the entirety of his physical and…

— Anonymous

Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every color of the rainbow in every take and it's wonderful just to…

— Lara Pulver

I wish I could tell you that the Children's Television Workshop and Sesame Street were thanks to my genius, but it really was a…

— Joan Ganz Cooney

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

— James Lipton

I think that Tyler Perry's genius really has been to tap into the domestic market. He knows what his audience is based on, having…

— Hilton Als

I'm supposed to be this musical genius and everything, but I can't really work the car seat that well.

— Kris Jenner

If they say they don't like the way I play Beethoven, then I can swallow that, and maybe they're right. But if they don't…

— Stephen Hough

When you're a kid, Beethoven is Beethoven, but as I've grown older, my astonishment at the sheer inventiveness of the man has increased, and…

— Stephen Hough

“He had said it bravely, and that is why one can trust Beethoven when he says other things.”

— E.M. Forster

“That Beethoven was capable of producing the ultimate musical definition of heroism in this context is itself extraordinary, for he was able to evoke…

— Maynard Solomon

And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by…

— Victor Borge

I believe so, but at first he must know. He must know in which spirit Beethoven has composed this piece. He must try to…

— Kurt Masur

For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo.

— Cornel West