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Genius Quotes (page 6)

Stanley Jordan quote: "Genius is a word too often tossed around in musical circles."
Genius is a word too often tossed around in musical circles. Stanley Jordan
Bernard Berenson quote: "Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's..."
Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training. Bernard Berenson
Clive Bell quote: "Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age."
Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age. Clive Bell
Charles Baudelaire quote: "Genius is childhood recalled at will."
Genius is childhood recalled at will. Charles Baudelaire
William James quote: "Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in..."
Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. William James
Thomas Edison quote: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent..."
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison
Holbrook Jackson quote: "Genius is initiative on fire."
Genius is initiative on fire. Holbrook Jackson
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Genius is an African who dreams up snow."
Genius is an African who dreams up snow. Vladimir Nabokov
W. H. Auden quote: "Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do..."
Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do. W. H. Auden
Maude Adams quote: "Genius is the talent for seeing things straight."
Genius is the talent for seeing things straight. Maude Adams
John Adams quote: "Genius is sorrow's child."
Genius is sorrow's child. John Adams
We stood silent. After a moment I said, "Real Geniuses never think they're geniuses."Who says?"Me."Because why?"Because genius is nine-tenths perspiration. Haven't you ever heard that? As soon as you think you're a genius, you slack off. You think everything you do is so great and everything. Jeffrey Eugenides
But what is chance? What is genius? The words chance and genius do not denote any really existing thing and therefore cannot be defined. Those words only denote a certain stage of understanding of phenomena. I do not know why a certain event occurs; I think that I cannot know it; so I do not try to know it and I talk about chance. I see a force producing effects beyond the scope of ordinary human agencies; I do not understand why this occurs and I talk of genius. To a heard of rams, that... Leo Tolstoy
I never worried about the genius: genius takes care of the genius in a man. My concern was always for the nobody, the man who is lost in the shuffle, the man who is so common, so ordinary, that his presence is not even noticed. One genius does not inspire another. Henry Miller
Oh, I'm not a true genius. I'm a near genius. I would say I'm a short genius. I'd rather be tall and normal than a short genius. Mel Brooks

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