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Genius Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- Every child is in a way a genius; and every genius is in a way a child.
- Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine.
- Genius is its own reward; for the best that one is, one must necessarily be for oneself. . . . Further, genius consists in the…
- A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues?
- A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as…
- Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny.
- Talent is able to achieve what is beyond other people's capacity to achieve, yet not what is beyond their capacity of apprehension; therefore it at…
- To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man…
- Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read…
- Always to see the general in the particular is the very foundation of genius.
More Genius Quotes
- 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… — 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… — 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… — 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,… — Francis Bacon
- From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses… — Mikhail Bakunin
- The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal… — Honore de Balzac
- Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all… — George Matthew Adams