Accommodate Quote by John Kao

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time.”

— Maurice Duffy

It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.

— Friedrich Schiller

In art, and maybe just in general, the idea is to be able to be really comfortable with contradictory ideas. In other words, wisdom…

— George Saunders

Intellect confuses intuition.

— Piet Mondrian

We have seen that intellect and achievement are far from perfectly correlated.

— Lewis Terman

The sign of intelligence is the ability to carry opposed thoughts at the same time.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the…

— Abigail Adams

The creative person pays close attention to what appears discordant and contradictory... and is challenged by such irregularities.

— Frank X. Barron

Being able to embrace contradictions is a sign of intelligence. Or insanity.

— Richard Kadrey

Intelligence is measured by a person's ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I think for me in terms of this kind of dichotomy you have to hold the sense of negative capability in your mind -…

— Anne Waldman

The test of intellect is the refusal to belabor the obvious.

— Alfred Bester