Genius Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

“The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

The true genius shudders at incompleteness.

— Edgar Allan Poe

“There is such a powerful eloquence in silence. True genius is knowing when to say nothing, to allow the experience, the moment itself, to…

— Richard Wagamese

Silence is all the genius a fool has.

— Zora Neale Hurston

Genius is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance.

— Eric Lau

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise.

— Bernard De Bonnard

Real speech can only come from complete silence. Incomplete silence is as fussy as deliberate conversation.

— Dorothy Richardson

“The silence that, without any deferential air, listens with polite attention, is more flattering than compliments, and more frequently broken for the purpose of…

— Arthur Martine

Silence is a kind of art. If you are an artist in your silence, you will be a genius in your words.

— Anonymous

“We stood silent. After a moment I said, "Real Geniuses never think they're geniuses." "Who says?" "Me." "Because why?" "Because genius is nine-tenths perspiration.…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Silence is the intelligent person's way out of a conversation with an idiot.

— Nishan Panwar

“Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo