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Genius Quotes

I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing Picture Quote #1

Genius is not so much a light as it is a constant awareness of the surrounding gloom Picture Quote #1

The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths. Genius rapidly traverses the living present to bury itself in the deepest mysteries of the universe; often making the grandest discoveries at a single glance Picture Quote #1

It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one’s skill on thrones or women, swords or pens, gold or fame, the game’s the thing Picture Quote #1

What happens whenever we convert a writer into a symbol is that we lose the writer himself in all his indefeasible singularity, his particular inimitable genius Picture Quote #1

The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently Picture Quote #1

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A man who is a genius and doesn’t know it, probably isn’t Picture Quote #1

If I had to characterize one quality as the genius of feminist thought, culture, and action, it would be the connectivity Picture Quote #1

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool Picture Quote #1

Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. It reasons, but it is not reasoning; it judges, but it is not judgment; imagines, but it is not imagination; it feels deeply and fiercely, but it is not passion. It is neither, because it is all Picture Quote #1

It is almost impossible to be a doctor and an honest man, but it is obscenely impossible to be a psychiatrist without at the same time bearing the stamp of the most incontestable madness: that of being unable to resist that old atavistic reflex of the mass of humanity, which makes any man of science who is absorbed by this mass a kind of natural and inborn enemy of all genius Picture Quote #1

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius Picture Quote #1

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Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which is its will to resist evil Picture Quote #1

Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People think that science is electricity, automobilism, and dirigible balloons. It is something very different. It is life devouring itself. It is the sensibility transformed into intelligence. It is the need to know stifling the need to live. It is the genius of knowledge vivisecting the vital genius Picture Quote #1

True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success, the glorious inequality of talent, of genius Picture Quote #1

Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts and disciplines. We should demand genius from everybody, without, however, expecting it Picture Quote #1

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted Picture Quote #1

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul Picture Quote #1

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It is less difficult for a woman to obtain celebrity by her genius than to be forgiven for it Picture Quote #1

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds Picture Quote #1

Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting Picture Quote #1

The concealment of art by the actor is as great a mark of genius as it is in the painter Picture Quote #1

Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can take time out from the bustle and brouhaha of the city, and simply sit and watch and reflect Picture Quote #1

Genius is that in which the soul of a race bums at its brightest, revealing and preserving its vision; works of art are great and significant in proportion to the clarity and fulness with which they incarnate this vision Picture Quote #1

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The critic is genius at one remove; he is not unlike an actor on the stage, and incarnates in his mind, as the actor embodies in his person, another’s work; only thus does he understand art, realize it, know it; and having arrived at this, his task is done Picture Quote #1

These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman Picture Quote #1

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning. A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown Picture Quote #1

One of the cheapest commodities in the world is unfulfilled genius. All of us want to be known as a unique individual, the one who broke out of the pack. So, you offer yourself up as a sacrifice and what you’re afraid of is losing and being thrown back into the pack. One question taunts you. Do you want to have, or do you want to be? Picture Quote #1

Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try Picture Quote #1

Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd Picture Quote #1

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I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing (Genius Quotes) Genius is not so much a light as it is a constant awareness of the surrounding gloom (Genius Quotes) The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths. Genius rapidly traverses the living present to bury itself in the deepest mysteries of the universe; often making the grandest discoveries at a single glance (Genius Quotes) It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one’s skill on thrones or women, swords or pens, gold or fame, the game’s the thing (Genius Quotes) What happens whenever we convert a writer into a symbol is that we lose the writer himself in all his indefeasible singularity, his particular inimitable genius (Genius Quotes) The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently (Genius Quotes) A man who is a genius and doesn’t know it, probably isn’t (Genius Quotes) If I had to characterize one quality as the genius of feminist thought, culture, and action, it would be the connectivity (Genius Quotes) Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool (Genius Quotes) Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. It reasons, but it is not reasoning; it judges, but it is not judgment; imagines, but it is not imagination; it feels deeply and fiercely, but it is not passion. It is neither, because it is all (Genius Quotes) It is almost impossible to be a doctor and an honest man, but it is obscenely impossible to be a psychiatrist without at the same time bearing the stamp of the most incontestable madness: that of being unable to resist that old atavistic reflex of the mass of humanity, which makes any man of science who is absorbed by this mass a kind of natural and inborn enemy of all genius (Genius Quotes) When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius (Genius Quotes) Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which is its will to resist evil (Genius Quotes) Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People think that science is electricity, automobilism, and dirigible balloons. It is something very different. It is life devouring itself. It is the sensibility transformed into intelligence. It is the need to know stifling the need to live. It is the genius of knowledge vivisecting the vital genius (Genius Quotes) True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success, the glorious inequality of talent, of genius (Genius Quotes) Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts and disciplines. We should demand genius from everybody, without, however, expecting it (Genius Quotes) Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted (Genius Quotes) Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul (Genius Quotes) It is less difficult for a woman to obtain celebrity by her genius than to be forgiven for it (Genius Quotes) Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds (Genius Quotes) Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting (Genius Quotes) The concealment of art by the actor is as great a mark of genius as it is in the painter (Genius Quotes) Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can take time out from the bustle and brouhaha of the city, and simply sit and watch and reflect (Genius Quotes) Genius is that in which the soul of a race bums at its brightest, revealing and preserving its vision; works of art are great and significant in proportion to the clarity and fulness with which they incarnate this vision (Genius Quotes) The critic is genius at one remove; he is not unlike an actor on the stage, and incarnates in his mind, as the actor embodies in his person, another’s work; only thus does he understand art, realize it, know it; and having arrived at this, his task is done (Genius Quotes) These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman (Genius Quotes) There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning. A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown (Genius Quotes) One of the cheapest commodities in the world is unfulfilled genius. All of us want to be known as a unique individual, the one who broke out of the pack. So, you offer yourself up as a sacrifice and what you’re afraid of is losing and being thrown back into the pack. One question taunts you. Do you want to have, or do you want to be? (Genius Quotes) Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try (Genius Quotes) Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd (Genius Quotes)

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