#genius

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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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. ↗

— Aristotle

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There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. ↗

— Aristotle

#madness #never #without

Well, you cannot think of cinema now, and you cannot think of cinema in the UK and not place Chaplin in the most extraordinary elevated context, if there can be such a thing, in that he was a genius, he was unique. ↗

— Richard Attenborough

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Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius. ↗

— Linda Blair

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Action, so to speak, is the genius of nature. ↗

— Robert Blair

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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#allowed #freedom #general #genius #insight

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius. ↗