Color Quote by Auguste Rodin

Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to…

— Edgar Allan Poe

Thus the creative genius may be at once nave and knowledgeable, being at home equally to primitive symbolism and to rigorous logic. He is…

— Frank X. Barron

Genius is talent provided with ideals. Genius starves while talent wears purple and fine linen. The man of genius of today will infifty years'…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has…

— Josh Billings

Genius is that in which the soul of a race bums at its brightest, revealing and preserving its vision; works of art are great…

— George Edward Woodberry

In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure.

— Aristotle

Many have genius, but, wanting art, are forever dumb. The two must go together to form the great poet, painter, or sculptor.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Men of the greatest genius are not always the most prodigal of their encomiums. But then it is when their range of power is…

— William Hazlitt

Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are…

— Wallace D. Wattles

As far as my experience goes, men of genius are fairly gifted with the social qualities; and in this age, there appears to be…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Intelligence is not creative; judgment is not creative. If a sculptor is nothing but skill and mind, his hands will be without genius.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

If you study a great work of art, you'll probably find the artist was a kind of genius. And geniuses are different to you…

— Charles Saatchi