#genius

Talent works, genius creates. ↗

— Robert Schumann

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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite. ↗

— Donna Shalala

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The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

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I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

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I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius. ↗

— Leo Szilard

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The difference between being able to understand something and inventing it in the first place... is called genius. ↗

— Craig Bruce

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Taste is the feminine of genius. ↗

— Edward Fitzgerald

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It takes application, a fine sense of value, and a powerful community-spirit for a people to have serious leisure, and this has not been the genius of the Americans. ↗

— Paul Goodman

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A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. ↗

— James Joyce

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