--- title: "13 Human Genius Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Human Genius quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Human Genius sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/thomas-starr-king-28582_eloquence_great-eloquence-we-cannot-get-except-fro_3041934.png" --- > [Great eloquence we cannot get, except from human genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/great-eloquence-we-cannot-get-except-from-human-genius/) [Thomas Starr King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-starr-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/thomas-starr-king-28582_eloquence_great-eloquence-we-cannot-get-except-fro_3041934.png) > [No man can exactly calculate the capacity of human genius and stupidity, nor the incapacity of will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-liddell-hart/no-man-can-exactly-calculate-the-capacity-of-human-genius-and/) [B. H. Liddell Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-h-liddell-hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/b-h-liddell-hart-9275_capacity_no-man-can-exactly-calculate-the-capacit_1475355.png) > [The endless legacy of the past to the present is the secret source of human genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/the-endless-legacy-of-the-past-to-the-present-is-the-secret-source-of/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/honor-de-balzac-197_endless_the-endless-legacy-of-the-past-to-the-pr_1446865.png) > [The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/the-most-amazing-and-effective-inventions-are-not-those-which-do-most/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/voltaire-173_genius_the-most-amazing-and-effective-invention_277642.png) > [There is nothing that human imagination can figure brilliant and enviable that human genius and skill do not aspire to realize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-godwin/there-is-nothing-that-human-imagination-can-figure-brilliant-and/) [William Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-godwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/william-godwin-1978_creativity_there-is-nothing-that-human-imagination_1255143.png) > [I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-stravinsky/i-know-that-the-twelve-notes-in-each-octave-and-the-variety-of-rhythm/) [Igor Stravinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-stravinsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/igor-stravinsky-4697_genius_i-know-that-the-twelve-notes-in-each-oct_3210564.jpg) > [If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/if-greatness-of-purpose-smallness-of-means-and-astonishing-results-2/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/alphonse-de-lamartine-3047_compare_if-greatness-of-purpose-smallness-of-mea_2140849.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/kanye-west-242_definitions_my-definition-of-genius-is-not-being-tha_1227124.jpg) > [All the labor of all the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius are destined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-the-labor-of-all-the-ages-all-the-devotion-all-the-inspiration/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/bertrand-russell-69_age_all-the-labor-of-all-the-ages-all-the-de_2357175.jpg) > [If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/if-we-wish-to-know-the-force-of-human-genius-we-should-read/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/william-hazlitt-326_force_if-we-wish-to-know-the-force-of-human-ge_3213469.png) > [In order to make a perfect and beautiful machine, it is not requisite to know how to make it. All the works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/in-order-to-make-a-perfect-and-beautiful-machine-it-is-not-requisite/) [Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/daniel-dennett-3895_beautiful_in-order-to-make-a-perfect-and-beautiful_3181632.png) > [“I am upset because we have pooled our human genius into the building of an elaborate Tower and have filled it up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josiah-bancroft/i-am-upset-because-we-have-pooled-our-human-genius-into-the-building/) [Josiah Bancroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josiah-bancroft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/josiah-bancroft-29581_innovation_i-am-upset-because-we-have-pooled-our-hu_2052125.jpg) > [The very properties of the human mind that provide an enormous scope for human genius in some domains will serve as barriers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-very-properties-of-the-human-mind-that-provide-an-enormous-scope/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/noam-chomsky-42_acquire_the-very-properties-of-the-human-mind-th_2873141.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-genius/#itemlist", "name": "Human Genius Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Great eloquence we cannot get, except from human genius.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Starr King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/great-eloquence-we-cannot-get-except-from-human-genius/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/thomas-starr-king-28582_eloquence_great-eloquence-we-cannot-get-except-fro_3041934.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/thomas-starr-king-28582_eloquence_great-eloquence-we-cannot-get-except-fro_3041934.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/thomas-starr-king-28582_eloquence_great-eloquence-we-cannot-get-except-fro_3041934.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Great eloquence we cannot get, except from human genius.” — Thomas Starr King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No man can exactly calculate the capacity of human genius and stupidity, nor the incapacity of will.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "B. 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