If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead. ~Robert S. Lynd
In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. ~Ralph Waldo [...]
Genius, when young, is divine.
Benjamin Disraeli
Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
Benjamin Disraeli
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
Benjamin Disraeli
Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
Benjamin Disraeli
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Thomas Carlyle
Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.
Thomas Carlyle
A [...]
We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.
Thomas B. Macaulay
The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.
Sid Caesar
Genius must be born, and never can be taught.
John Dryden
No one appreciates the [...]
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.
Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.
Edmond de Goncourt
The drafts which [...]
The difference between being able to understand something and inventing it in the first place… is called genius.
Craig Bruce
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
Bruce Feirstein
Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
Robert Bulwer-Lytton
The [...]