Time was when genius was more precious than gold, but now to have nothing is monstrous barbarism. — Ovid Copy Share Image
“Geniuses don't become geniuses until they find the right moron to compare themselves to.” — James McGregor Copy Share Image
Rainer Maria Rilke was admittedly not a Dockers tagger, but a sort of European equivalent: a German poet - in many respects,… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Every genius thinks INWARDLY toward his Mind instead of outwardly toward his senses — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share Image
Genius is nothing more or less than childhood recovered by will, a childhood how equipped for self-expression with an adult's capacities. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I've concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress genius because we haven't yet figured out how to manage a… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Talent wears well, genius wears itself out; talent drives a snug brougham in fact; genius, a sun-chariot in fancy. — Ouida 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
Just enough sense to stick with something-a chore, task, project, until its completed pays off much better than idle intelligence, even if… — David J. Schwartz Copy Share Image
Every time I work with Dr. Luke I learn something new. He's kind of like the Andy Warhol of pop music, where… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
Men of genius are rarely much annoyed by the company of vulgar people, because they have a power of looking at such… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Calvin: I'm a genius. I can't believe how smart I am. ...I've got more brains than I know what to do with.… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
In order to make a perfect and beautiful machine, it is not requisite to know how to make it. All the works… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
“If the written word has contributed anything at all to our developing species and our half developed culture, it is this: Great… — John Steinbeck Journal of a Novel - The East of Eden Letters Copy Share Image
I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people… — Waka Flocka Flame 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
“Freud was a genius; geniuses are bright but not necessarily right. What they do do, right or wrong, is to provide images… — Peter Redgrove Copy Share Image
A book can teach you, a conversation can assure you, a poem can seduce you, a genius can inspire you but only… — Anthony Anaxagorou Copy Share Image
Sultan Khan had become champion of India at Indian chess and he learned the rules of our form of chess at a… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The light of genius never sets, but sheds itself upon other faces, in different hues of splendor. Homer glows in the softened… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image