#genius

It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#careers #distinguished #fame #first #genius

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius. ↗

— Anna Pavlova

#gives #god #into #talent #transforms

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#genius #hiroshima #leads

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

— Ezra Pound

#expression #genius #man #mode #right

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#genius #man #ordinary #ordinary man #see

I mean, I do love clever and witty, but I think that the 'Three Stooges' were geniuses. They'd have to be for their appeal to have lasted this long. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#clever #geniuses #i #i do #i think

Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance. ↗

— Alain Prost

#find #geniuses #italians #some #you

It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity. ↗

— Quintilian

#ever #genius #happens #maturity #premature

I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#believe #genius #his #i #i believe