Great men Quote by Knut Hamsun

Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other in awe, I venerate the young, unknown geniuses who die in…

— Knut Hamsun

“For what is genius, I ask you, but the capacity to be obsessed? ...We have all been geniuses, you and I; but sooner or…

— Steven Millhauser

“Most geniuses are geniuses because of the way they manage their natural talents. He was one because of the way he took advantage of…

— Albert Sánchez Piñol

“In my experience there are few people who are of true genius. There are many who are gifted, but most of the world's work…

— James E. Faust

“EACH OF US IS BORN INTO GENIUS. Sadly, most of us die amid mediocrity.”

— Robin S. Sharma

“there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.…

— Oscar Wilde

“Genius is a form of the life force that is deeply versed in illness, that both draws creatively from it and creates through it.”

— Thomas Mann

“Genius is the ability to leave entirely out of sight our own interest, our willing, and our aims, and consequently to discard entirely our…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Some were brilliant bordering on genius. Others, genius bordering on madness

— Erich Segal

“Most people give up their pursuit of genius early on and spend their lives desperately seeking it in others.”

— K.A. Laity

Some very dull and sad people have genius though the world may not count it as such; a genius for love, or for patience,…

— Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie

Geniuses are people who notice things and connections between things which others haven't noticed. Genius must be a surprise.

— Christopher Ricks