Obsessive devotion to creating can spark that which is called 'genius.' Smarter or more gifted? The 'madness' is the insatiable drive to… — Paul Russo Copy Share Image
The popular mythology of creative genius depends on beloved stereotypes of the artist in youth and old age: the misunderstood upstart who… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Some people think they are such geniuses and just thought of that. They think they are so smart, like they say "All… — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
How difficult it was for a woman, once she was named by doctors, to become a writer, because many aspects of her… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
Eakins rejected gentlemen athletics as his theme. Instead, he took a subject that had been the stuff of illustrated weeklies and the… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
The Jackass movies are honestly some of the best movies I've ever seen. I laugh so hard at them. Those guys are… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
I object to being called a chess genius, because I consider myself to be an all around genius, who just happens to… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Genius! thou gift of Heav'n! thou Light divine! Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine! Oft will the body's weakness check… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
“Compare King William with the philosopher Haeckel. The king is one of the anointed by the most high, as they claim—one upon… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts. About… — Wallace Thurman Copy Share Image
I do most anxiously wish to see the highest degrees of education given to the higher degrees of genius and to all… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A man writes because he is tormented, because he doubts. He needs to constantly prove to himself and the others that he’s… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
“At one time or another, every warrior wishes to have an unconquerable fortress. Such as a fortress is perceived as a refuge,… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
For all the sublimity of art, physics, music, mathematics, and other manifestations of human genius, everything depends on the mundane, frustrating, often… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“Military leadership is a journey, not a destination. It is continually challenged, and must continually prove it self anew against fresh obstacles.… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
Undereye patches are genius. From traveling, I get really puffy under my eyes. Klorane Smoothing and Relaxing Patches are a great ten-minute… — Lily Aldridge Copy Share Image
“[There is] no direct relationship between IQ and economic opportunity. In the supposed interests of fairness and “social justice”, the natural relationship… — Christopher Langan Copy Share Image
When those of Jewish blood exhibit moral or intellectual superiority, genius or special talent, we feel pride in them, even if they… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Men of the greatest genius are not always the most prodigal of their encomiums. But then it is when their range of… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius, throwing the reader of a book, or the… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
...but then the general trouble with ignorance is always that the ignorant person has no idea that that's what they are. You… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
One of the marks of true genius is a quality of abundance. A rich, rollicking abundance, enough to give indigestion to ordinary… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there;… — W. Cleon Skousen Copy Share Image
He [Jesus] was the greatest human being who has ever lived. He was a moral genius. His ethical sense was unique. He… — Charles Templeton Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'My Humps,' I said, 'This is the stupidest thing ever,' but in a good way. I always wondered what… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
“All people have regrets. Warriors are no exceptions. One would hope it was possible to distinguish between events caused by one's carelessness… — Timothy Zahn Copy Share Image
If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
Organization is simply the means by which the acts of ordinary men can be made to add up to extraordinary results. To… — William Wickenden Copy Share Image
Physicians can't really dictate our protocols. They can inform us to the extent that they can as to what would best serve… — Maya Tiwari Copy Share Image
Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“we find hints of how he rose from modest intelligence to genius, when he talks about his compulsion to tear down important… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You see the genius that Whitney Houston has as an interpreter of material, and you realize why genius can be applied to… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
My mum is in a mental hospital. There's a fine line between genius and insanity. Winston Churchill, Mozart, John Lennon. These people… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
The genius of the American Founders was to create an intricate system of balanced powers both within the state and between state… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
On the brilliance of James Brown's dancing − and the frustrations of bad camera-work on dancers:cers: I think James Brown is a… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
There's some advice for the next generation. If there's a dream in your heart, never let anyone tell you you've got no… — Murdoc Niccals Copy Share Image
One might expect, perhaps, that a man full of genius could pasture in the greatness of his own thoughts, and renounce the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries, you've got to find… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
How full of the creative genius is the air in which these [snowflakes] are generated! I should hardly admire them more if… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
![“[There is] no direct relationship between IQ and economic opportunity. In the supposed interests of fairness and “social justice”, the natural relationship has been all but obliterated. Consider the first necessity of employment, filling out a job application. A generic job application does not…” quote by Christopher Langan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f24/christopher-langan-59806_black-person_there-is-no-direct-relationship-between_2680861.jpg)
![“He [Jesus] was the greatest human being who has ever lived. He was a moral genius. His ethical sense was unique. He was the intrinsically wisest person that I've ever encountered in my life or in my reading. His commitment was total and led to his own death, much to the detriment of the world...” quote by Charles Templeton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5d1/charles-templeton-43511_commitment_he-jesus-was-the-greatest-human-being-wh_3183762.jpg)
![“How full of the creative genius is the air in which these [snowflakes] are generated! I should hardly admire them more if real stars fell and lodged on my coat. Nature is full of genius. Full of the divinity. So that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.” quote by Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c78/henry-david-thoreau-20_admire_how-full-of-the-creative-genius-is-the-a_497926.jpg)
