"Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined……" — Benjamin Haydon
"Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials."
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Benjamin Haydon
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17 Quotes by Benjamin Haydon
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The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next…
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To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do to-day that you may enjoy to-morrow it is but deferring…
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One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry,…
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Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness.
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The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.
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There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
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When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.
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Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it…
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The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
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This is an age of intellectual sauces, of essence, of distillation. We have conclusions without deductions, abridgments of history and…
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Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.
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It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but…
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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