Art Quote by William Blake

The enquiry in England is not whether a man has talents & genius, but whether he is passive & polite & a virtuous ass…

— William Blake

A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate.

— Henry David Thoreau

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to learn from books the present state of human knowledge;…

— Samuel Johnson

Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be brilliant, entertaining,…

— Peter Bayne

“I'm not trying to tell you," he said "that only educated men are able to contribute something valuable to the world. It's not so.…

— J.D. Salinger

Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a…

— John Ruskin

No matter how brilliant a man may be, he will never engender confidence in his subordinates and associates if he lacks simple honesty and…

— J. Lawton Collins

The Man of Genius may at the same time be, indeed is commonly, an Artist, but the two are not to be confounded. The…

— Henry David Thoreau

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.

— Isaac Stern

Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent in this…

— Arthur Helps

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

— Anonymous

Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.

— Henri Frederic Amiel