Genius Quotes

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Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style,… — Pietro Aretino
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to… — Antonin Artaud
Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. — Marcus Aurelius
Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's,… — Charles Babbage
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. — Francis Bacon
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be… — Francis Bacon
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. — Mikhail Bakunin
The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or… — Honore de Balzac
Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet… — George Matthew Adams
In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can. — Maurice Baring
Genius is sorrow's child. — John Adams
Genius is childhood recalled at will. — Charles Baudelaire
I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't… — Beck
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. — Joseph Addison
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of… — Joseph Addison
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore… — Joseph Addison
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people… — Max Beerbohm

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