Genius Quotes

"One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius." "Art is the great democrat calling forth creative genius from every sector of society disregarding race or religion or wealth or color" "The essence of genius is to know what to overlook." "Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see." "Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom." "Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of." "Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is even in shorter supply than genius" "The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency" "There is no genius without a touch of madness" "She's a great genius for looking over other people's shoulders and detecting the faults they would fain conceal" "The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age which means never losing your enthusiasm" "Execution is the chariot of genius " "Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius " "Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness." "The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be" "The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust" "Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind." "We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness either enforced or voluntary." "Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one." "Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny."