Genius Quotes

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The stakes are immense, the task colossal, the time is short. But we may hope - we must hope - that man's own creation, man's… — Albert Einstein
Genius is nothing more or less than childhood recovered by will, a childhood how equipped for self-expression with an adult's capacities. — Charles Baudelaire
Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training. — Bernard Berenson
A genius is a man who has two great ideas. — Jacob Bronowski
Genius has somewhat of the infantine; but of the childish not a touch or taint. — Robert Browning
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius-the men of reasoning and the men of imagination. — Isaac D'Israeli
Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often originates in the events of times. — Isaac D'Israeli
There is no such thing as genius, some children are just less damaged than others. — R. Buckminster Fuller
Sex energy is the creative energy of all geniuses. There never has been, and never will be a great leader, builder or artist lacking in… — Napoleon Hill
Every new invention has been a protest of genius against the masses. — Adolf Hitler
The concept of genius as akin to madness has been carefully cultivated by the inferiority complex of the public. — Ezra Pound
That was the very centre of his genius - he invented things that anyone could have thought of, and men who can invent things that… — Terry Pratchett
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,… — Alexander Pope
A Galileo could no more be elected president of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both high posts are reserved… — H. L. Mencken
Hitler's success was not based on his extraordinary gifts alone. His genius was an intuitive sense of the mushiness, the character flaws, the weakness masquerading… — Pat Buchanan
O liberty, Parent of happiness, celestial born When the first man became a living soul; His sacred genius thou. — Edward Dyer
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. — Madame de Stael
I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an American… — Bruce Pandolfini
Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
As far as my creative urge is concerned, I do sit down and write my own music...I'll tell you a writer who I think is… — Unknown Author
Crazy people who are productive are geniuses. Crazy people who are rich are eccentric. Crazy people who are neither productive nor rich are just plain… — Michael J. Gelb
What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own genius, which is… — Harlan Coben
Creative geniuses are a slap-happy lot. Treat Them with respect. — James A. Michener
The spark of a genius exists in the brain of the truly creative man from the hour of his birth. True genius is always inborn… — Adolf Hitler
Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius... or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which are quite satisfied… — Albert Camus

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