Cases Quote by James Lipton

“Olivier took a deep breath, then turned and bowed in farewell. Gersonides nodded in return, then thought of something. "The manuscript you brought me,…

— Iain Pears

His hypothesis goes to this - to make the common run of his readers fancy they can do all that can be done by…

— William Hazlitt

How did he do it? He must be a genius!

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Now, when I talk about Shakespeare, I can't talk too much about Gielgud or Olivier. Because nobody knows who I'm talking about.

— Roger Rees

Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity.

— Anonymous

Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.

— Woody Guthrie

Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too…

— Anonymous

“Shakespeare was not a genius. He was, without the distant shadow of a doubt, the most wonderful writer who ever breathed. But not a…

— Mark Forsyth

“Any fool can make things complicated, it requires a genius to make things simple”

— E.F. Schumacher

Peter had a genius for imitation; but he lacked true genius, which is creative and makes all from nothing.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other…

— Mark Helprin

“When hit with a genius idea, people tend to say, "Well, if I sat down in a chair and really thought about it, I…

— Douglas Coupland