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> [ My definition \[of genius\] would be about being completely involved in your art form. So that's outside of sciences. Within the arts… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-crowe/my-definition-of-genius-would-be-about-being-completely-involved-in/)

[Russell Crowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-crowe/)

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> [The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lipton/the-definition-of-genius-really-should-be-that-that-person-can-do/)

[James Lipton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lipton/)

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> [Neither can we admit that definition of genius that some would propose--"a power to accomplish all that we undertake;" for we might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/neither-can-we-admit-that-definition-of-genius-that-some-would/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/we-can-all-be-geniuses-because-one-definition-of-genius-is-the/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

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> [My definition of genius is not being that person the actual human is a genius, but it's a person that just allows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kanye-west/my-definition-of-genius-is-not-being-that-person-the-actual-human-is/)

[Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kanye-west/)

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> [The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-definition-of-genius-is-that-it-acts-unconsciously-and-those-who/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-definition-of-genius-is-taking-the-complex-and-making-it-simple/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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