And Beauty is a form of Genius – is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation.

My girl was mad and I loved her. Upon a night, she read my poetry; and kissing me madly she cried, ‘You are a genius, my love!’ To which I replied, ‘My girl,’ whispering, ‘Every...

Every man is a genius, for God exists in all men.

Accept your genius and say what you think.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

These are 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.

Never stop acquiring the commonsense, it is as good as the knowledge.

The word genius was whispered into my ear the first things I ever Heard while I was still mewling in my crib, laughs Orson (Welles), so it never occured to me that I wasn’t until...

When a man devotes himself body and spirit to a single object, if he has training and aptitude, no matter how mediocre he may be in ordinary affairs, he will produce something so nearly akin...

I am not sure if women are attracted to genius. Can you imagine the wise wizard winning the woman over the gallant swordsman? It seems rather otherworldly in more ways than one.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

I replaced my wife with an empty chair, so I wouldn’t be poisoned at dinner. And I’m still alive, so I’d say it was a genius tactical strategy.

Si percibo en otra persona nada más que lo superficial, percibo principalmente las diferencias, lo que nos separa. Si penetro hasta el núcleo, percibo nuestra identidad, el hecho de nuestra hermandad.

If you know that I am genius Then know that you made me genius Everyone don’t accept me as genius Because they aren’t genius to belief me as genius

Sure I eat my feelings, but I save the emotional roller coaster for dessert

Novels by serious writers of genius often eventually become best-sellers, but most contemporary best-sellers are written by second-class writers whose psychological brew contains a touch of naïvety, a touch of sentimentality, the story-telling gift, and...

We can never be entirely original, as artists or as people. The genius and vision of those who came before us is too great for us to digress from entirely. Though, as creatures that are...

There is no doubt that Einstein’s pipe was his closest associate, while others–including wife and family–were never permitted the illusion that they would ever be at the center of his life.

Poincaré [was] the last man to take practically all mathematics, pure and applied, as his province. … Few mathematicians have had the breadth of philosophic vision that Poincaré had, and none in his superior in...

It would always be my burden, not that I lacked genius, but that I was fully aware of it.

Genius is neither learned nor acquired. It is knowing without experience. It is risking without fear of failure. It is perception without touch. It is understanding without research. It is certainty without proof. It is...

Which reminded me…I still owed the gods a debt.”You’re a genius,” I (Percy) told Annabeth.

{Replying to G. H. Hardy’s suggestion that the number of a taxi (1729) was ‘dull’, showing off his spontaneous mathematical genius}No, it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as a...

To acquire the full consciousness of self is to know oneself so different from others that no longer feels allied with men except by purely animal contacts: nevertheless, among souls of this degree, there is...

When we first uncovered the creative genius of the underground skateboard mentality of ‘Jackass,’ we knew it would resonate with our young adult audience.

It is not the soul that speaks its mind, but the mind that speaks its soul, that will be heard.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Oftentimes in reality, the genius is in the position of the antihero. Neither the good guys nor the bad guys really trust him because his truth is universal.

Is a picture really worth a thousand words? What thousand words? A thousand words from a lunatic, or a thousand words from Nietzsche? Actually, Nietzsche was a lunatic, but you see my point. What about...

My genius is in my nostrils.

Philosophy is to the mind of the architect as eyesight to his steps. The Term ‘genius’ when applied to him simply means a man who understands what others only know about. A poet, artist or...

There’s no such word as genius, it just the combination of hard work and determination.

I’m all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better...

Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is necessary to preserve the soil in which they grow.

The divine egoism that is genius.

For the first time, Ender had found a living mind he could admire.

Genius is both the sail and the wind; that’s why he continues his journey without stopping!

I went to some classes. Vampire was in the Hair of Magical Magic Creatures. He looked all depressed because Draco had disappeared and he had used to be in love with Draco. He was sucking...

Genius feels like an over extended Helium balloon about to burst, and everyone criticizes you for not having a conventional way of coping with it.

Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world

How many stopped-up men and women does it take to produce one Einstein? Ten? A thousand? A hundred thousand? … So this is what Einstein meant when he looked me in the eye that day...

It is good to recall that three centuries ago, around the year 1660, two of the greatest monuments of modern history were erected, one in the West and one in the East; St. Paul’s Cathedral...

Among many other things, genius implies the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple, and to recognize inclusive structural principals.

If it weren’t for acid, you might not have an IPod, and you definitely would not have some of the best music in your IPod.

I picture the vast realm of the sciences as an immense landscape scattered with patches of dark and light. The goal towards which we must work is either to extend the boundaries of the patches...

I love writing and can’t imagine not being able to do it. I want an easy life and if it had been difficult doing it I wouldn’t be doing it. I do admire writers who...

I was a young, & had deep loves, & my heart would overflow with enthusiasm! And I mingled with the crowd, I mixed with my fellow men, speaking my thought out loud! And they gaped...

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.