“Genius is not a gift, but the way a person invents in desperate circumstances.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Flair is what makes the difference between artistry and mere competence. Cmdr. William Riker” — Star Trek The Next Generation Copy Share Image
“Creativity is the final product of a series of petty thefts. Genius is knowing what to steal.” — Charles Delmar author of My Cooking Coach and creator of MyCookingCoach.com Copy Share Image
For a genius to be a genius, he must have a selfless slave between himself and the world. — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
“I have never seen genius without a touch of madness... and vice versa.” — Lance Conrad Copy Share Image
I think that all the Mel Brooks' company of actors is just tremendous. It was a crazy group of genius people. All… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
“Genius in a person was like weed that takes over the entire garden, that won't allow anything else to grow. (p. 251)” — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track. — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
“An intelligent mind who trust nothing but the intelligence will eventually face problems which intelligence won't solve.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Try to begin things you feel you can do. To begin is enough-there is a boldness in beginning. And in boldness lies… — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
The mother of useful arts is necessity; that of the fine arts is luxury. For father the former has intellect; the latter… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Karina Longworth, the genius behind 'You Must Remember This', has quite correctly spun off her series about the Sharon Tate murders as… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
Only the brave should teach…Teaching is a vocation. It is as sacred as priesthood; as innate a desire, as inescapable as the… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Sertillanges seems to have been ahead of his time, arguing in The Intellectual Life, “Men of genius themselves were great only by… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“It was the quartets of Beethoven (numbers 12,13,14, and 15) which over fifty years, created and expanded the the audience of listeners… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
What's genius? I don't know but I do know that the difference between a madman and a professional is that a pro… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“It is believed by many that the military life is one of adventure and excitement. In truth, that life more often consists… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
I believe that Ryan Murphy is a genius. His instincts remind me of Andy Warhol. I recently went to the Warhol museum… — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs is considered an amazing genius and made billions of dollars. Sure, we overlook that he didn't pay his share of… — Tom Green Copy Share Image
I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it? — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The Wonderstar collection is a fantastic fusion of Hollywood glamour and Wonderbra's technical genius. — Jenny Packham Copy Share Image
I think Milly Shapiro is a genius. She's just a fantastic person and a fantastic actress. — Alex Wolff Copy Share Image
Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Creative geniuses are a slap-happy lot. Treat Them with respect. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
There's a lot of controversy online, some people say i'm a genius and other say i'm hugely talented. — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
Jesus of Nazareth was a poet, no less than a prophet, of pre-eminent genius. — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
