#genius

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#little-women #louisa-may-alcott #talent #louisa-may-alcott

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#coming #found #genius #imagination #inherited

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#fool #genius #novel #real #sell

Genius is sorrow's child. ↗

— John Adams

#genius #sorrow

This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire. ↗

— Mark Akenside

#could #doth #ever #every #experience

When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy fellow in a tuxedo was to host, and the losing chef's dish was then fed to the dog! I am not kidding, I saw it! I think it is genius! Twisted, but genius! ↗

— Ted Allen

#chef #chihuahua #chopped #crazy #dish

Genius has its limitations. Insanity...not so much" -Bumper Sticker ↗

— Darynda Jones

#genius

To see things in the seed, that is genius. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#see #seed #things

Developing your unique thought to the level of being appreciated and adopted by the world - that's genius. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#inspirational #motivational #thought #inspirational

Geniuses have the shortest biographies. ↗