Brilliance Quote by Margot Asquith

It is not brilliance or facility that is necessary, but the determination to bear and even enjoy the dull process of wading into one's…

— Stewart O'Nan

As what we call genius arises out of the disproportionate power and size of a certain faculty, so the great difficulty lies in harmonizing…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

Wit and humor belong to genius alone.

— Miguel de Cervantes

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine…

— James Thurber

Some things are so silly they have a certain brilliance to them. Other things, set as standards for brilliance and therefore exalted by many…

— Criss Jami

Wit is often a mask. If you tear it you will find either genius irritated or cleverness juggling.

— Khalil Gibran

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.

— Madame de Stael

Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can usually be traced to an organization.

— Jon Bentley

“True brilliance has a well-known positive correlation with decency, much of the time--a fact the rest of us rely on, more than we ever…

— David Brin

Brilliance is a blessed ignorance of innocent mind, impatient heart and intuitive soul to ignite curiosity that leads and culminates into sheer and consistent…

— Anuj Somany

“the public will only stand genius in infintesimal doses,sprinkled with mannerisms and fashionable literature...A fashionable genius!Doesn't that make you laugh?..what a waste of power!”

— Romain Rolland

Geniuses can be scintillating and geniuses can be somber, but it's that inescapable sorrowful depth that shines through-originality.

— Jack Kerouac