#genius

The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work. ↗

— Kathleen Winsor

#genius #hard #hard work #only #work

Man is a genius when he is dreaming. ↗

— Akira Kurosawa

#dreaming #genius #man

It was the quartets of Beethoven (numbers 12,13,14, and 15) which over fifty years, created and expanded the the audience of listeners to the quartets of Beethoven, thus achieving, as all masterpieces do, progress if not in the quality of artists, at least in the company of minds, which is largely composed these days of what was missing when the work appeared: people capable of liking it. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#beethoven #genius #art

Just like the dead and deserted Moon, all things appear to be beautiful from far distance! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#beauty

When you make a choice, you change the future. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#choosing #future #genius #life #mind

The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind. ↗

— Criss Jami

#challenge #challenger #changes #controversy #creativity

Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank. ↗

— Criss Jami

#confidence #confirmation #confirmed #creativity #error

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. ↗

— Oscar Levant

#erased #fine #fine line #genius #i

One night I was layin' down, I heard Papa talkin' to Mama, I heard Papa say to let that boy boogie-woogie. 'Cause it's in him and it's got to come out. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#inspiration #inspirational

True genius without heart is a thing of nought - for not great understanding alone, not intelligence alone, nor both together, make genius. Love! Love! Love! that is the soul of genius. ↗

— Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin

#heart #love #intelligence