Genius Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect…

— Giorgio Vasari

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work least, for they are thinking out inventions.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Men of the greatest genius are not always the most prodigal of their encomiums. But then it is when their range of power is…

— William Hazlitt

Genius, without work, is certainly a dumb oracle, and it is unquestionably true that the men of the highest genius have invariably been found…

— Samuel Smiles

Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual. They fail to realize that the brilliant insight is not by itself achievement. They never have learned that…

— Anonymous

The thinking of creative and successful men is never exerted in any direction other than that intended. That is why great men produce such…

— Walter Russell

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

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

Every successful man or great genius has three particular qualities in common. The most conspicuous of these is that they all produce a prodigious…

— Walter Russell

Geniuses are commonly believed to excel other men in their power of sustained attention . . . But it is their genius making them…

— William James

The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton