Attention Quote by Robert Aris Willmott

It is attention, more than any difference between minds and men.-In this is the source of poetic genius, and of the genius of discovery…

— Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet

“I esteem his understanding and subtlety highly, but I consider that they have been put to ill use in the greater part of his…

— Christiaan Huygens

Newton was a genius, but not because of the superior computational power of his brain. Newton's genius was, on the contrary, his ability to…

— Gerald Weinberg

“Attention is a resource as abundant as sunlight. It streams outward all day long whether we choose to tap into it or not. By…

— Scott Edmund Miller

The reason why a work of genius is not easily admired from the first is that the man who has created it is extraordinary,…

— Marcel Proust

“Genius is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent perspiration.” To make great ideas a reality, we must act, experiment, fail, adapt, and learn on…

— Jocelyn K. Glei

The power of applying attention, steady and undissipated, to a single object, is the sure mark of superior genius.

— Lord Chesterfield

“To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand,…

— Anonymous

Knowledge is the harvest of attention

— Charles Olson

The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

— Edward de Bono

Genius consists not in making great discoveries, but in seeing the connection between small discoveries.

— Walker Percy

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

— Marcus Aurelius