#genius

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius. ↗

— Warren Beatty

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When you hear the party that glorified Occupy Wall Street blast success; when you hear them minimize the genius of the men and women who make jobs out of nothing, is that what you teach your children about work? ↗

— Artur Davis

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Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

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The function of a genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve. ↗

— Hugh Trevor-Roper

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The only guaranteed way to be a genius is to surround yourself with idiots. ↗

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

#idiots #age

People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to compositions as I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industriously studied through many times. ↗

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

#genius #inspirational #art