#genius

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#always #compound #drafts #draws #due

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#few people #genius #offended #people #see

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#makes #moment #prudence #quick #use

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

The guy that I worked on 'Thriller ' was a genius and he was 20 years old, but it was like working with a gifted 10-year-old. The guy who I worked on with 'Black Or White' was crazy. Michael had gone mad. ↗

— John Landis

#black or white #crazy #genius #gifted #gone

They shaved my head, eyebrows. This is not a sci-fi picture. It's not a fantasy picture. You're dealing with something that's supposed to be in reality. But we had a genius makeup artist. ↗

— Rick Yune

#dealing #eyebrows #fantasy #genius #had

First have being in your mind. Make real in your mind then bring that being into reality. The genius is he who sees what is not yet and causes it to come to be. ↗

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

#bring #causes #come #first #genius

Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.' ↗

— Temple Grandin

#autism #bunch #could #einstein #end

The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit. ↗

— George Grosz

#cult #genius #greater #individuality #itself

Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties. ↗

— Francis Herbert Hedge

#developed #faculties #faculty #genius #highly