~ To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men - that is genius. ~
~ Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ~
~ The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. ~
~ In the republic of mediocrity genius is dangerous. ~
~ Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. ~
~ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. ~
~ Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
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~ In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. ~
~ Talent works, genius creates. ~
~ Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you. ~
~ To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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~ Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. ~