#genius

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water. ↗

— Stendhal

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All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton Stephens

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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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Every man is a potential genius until he does something. ↗

— Herbert Beerbohm Tree

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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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I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time. ↗

— Shirley Jones

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But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched by the same madness and genius. ↗

— Marston Morse

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