“Philosophy is to the mind of the architect as eyesight to his steps. The Term 'genius' when applied to him simply means… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
All these words we use, anybody can be a genius now. It used to be you had to have a thought no… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
“Salvador Dalí’s aberrations are partly explicable. Perhaps they are a way of assuring himself that he is not commonplace. The two qualities… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
“The line between genius and idiocy is a big fat freaking eight-lane highway, and if you can't see that then we know… — Greg Bechtel Copy Share Image
And, it seems like a whole new generation of kids have discovered his genius and are bringing him to life again. I… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The rage for wanting to conclude is one of the most deadly and most fruitless manias to befall humanity. Each religion and… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Apophenia means finding pattern or meaning where others don’t. Feelings of revelation and ecstasies usually accompany it. It has some negative connotations… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
“Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
The genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure. In fact,… — Howard G. Hendricks Copy Share Image
A man may be a great statesman, and yet dislike his wife, and like somebody else's. A man may be a great… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling… — Tabatha Coffey Copy Share Image
Whitney proved to be a competent manufacturer, but wasn't an original inventor to any important degree. Thomas Blanchard was a true genius:… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
We started an organization that's the only sub-organization of the MacArthur Foundation and we are called the Macarturos. Usually when I win… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Among the English authors, Shakespeare has incomparably excelled all others. That noble extravagance of fancy, which he had in so great perfection,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of genius. The first and highest may be said to speak out of the eternal to the present,… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Charles Schultz is a really interesting case. He wrote that comic strip and drew it himself from beginning to end, and it's… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
We submit to the society of those that can inform us, but we seek the society of those whom we can inform.… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
In this age of inventive wonders all men have come to believe that in some genius' brain sleeps the solution of the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A nation orients itself by its own geniuses, and derives from them its ideas of its own ideals, but the guiding star… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
“I went to some classes. Vampire was in the Hair of Magical Magic Creatures. He looked all depressed because Draco had disappeared… — Tara Gilesbie Copy Share Image
On the Internet, Spencer Hall at Everyday Should Be Saturday is the best writer in the universe. He's very funny. They're jokes… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
As far as my experience goes, men of genius are fairly gifted with the social qualities; and in this age, there appears… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The difference between talent and genius is this: while the former usually develops some special branch of our faculties, the latter commands… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Even when writing your own poems, you need to talk to people; you need to magpie around, getting words and things. I'm… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
I think I have great knowledge of - for military, and I think I have better vision for Syria than a lot… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“But his own mind was helpless against every moment's headline. He did nothing but leap into the mass of changes and explore… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
The last verse [In My Secret Life] completely got to me, about how we all have great ideals but in reality we… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
“Those whom nature destined to make her disciples have no need of teachers. Bacon , Descartes , Newton — these tutors of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“being genius does not necessarily means knowing it all or having the highest academic qualification but a persons ability to apply wisdom… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
The insincerity of man-all men are liars, partial or hiders of facts, half tellers of truths, shirks, moral sneaks. When a merely… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I remember when I posed as a customs officer so that I could meet Oscar Wilde. I said to him "Have you… — Simon Munnery Copy Share Image
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“What elevates one and not another to the level of genius is not only talent and ambition and luck, but a gift… — Jan Swafford Copy Share Image
If goodness were only a theory, it were a pity it should be lost to the world. There are a number of… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The genius of a composer is found in the notes of his music; but analyzing the notes will not reveal his genius.… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“He woke up and fought another battle and won. Then he went to bed and slept again and dreamed again and then… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
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