Able Quote by John Blacking

Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to…

— Edgar Allan Poe

Similarly the men who produce works of genius are not those who live in the most delicate atmosphere, whose conversation is most brilliant, or…

— Marcel Proust

But I do say that educated and scholarly men, if they’re brilliant and creative to begin with—which, unfortunately, is rarely the case—tend to leave…

— Anonymous

Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness.…

— Ludwig von Mises

Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents.

— Jeff Hawkins

I am sure that few successful men are so-called 'natural geniuses.'

— Charles M. Schwab

Creativity does not depend on inherited talent or on environment or upbringing; it is the function of the ego of every human being.

— Silvano Arieti

As far as my experience goes, men of genius are fairly gifted with the social qualities; and in this age, there appears to be…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Human beings have an extraordinary capacity to imagine possibilities and then turn those possibilities into realities. Evident in the gifts of civilization—in our arts,…

— Scott Edmund Miller

Is not the tremendous strength in men of the impulse to creative work in every field precisely due to their feeling of playing a…

— Karen Horney

Some sort of creativity is within everybody; I think that's just a part of the human spirit. I think there's no human being on…

— Audra McDonald

There is nothing great in the world that does not owe its origin to the creative ability of an individual man.

— Adolf Hitler