#genius

If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning. ↗

— Peter York

#beauty #cunning #genius #high #high level

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius. ↗

— Anna Pavlova

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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#complexity #fools #geniuses #ignore #pragmatists

A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#expression #genius #man #mode #right

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught. ↗

— John Dryden

#born #genius #may #must #never

Genius is talent set on fire by courage. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#fire #genius #set #talent

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#difference #genius #limits #stupidity

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#effect #genius #into #mind #put

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#attention #convert #converts #desire #economic

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#believe #book #characteristic #energy #force