Quotes about Genius

I strongly urge students to learn to take risks, to be bold, to let their genius convert that fear into power and brilliance.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Courage is the genius behind victory.

It took not only genius but considerable [70] chutzpah to see, and to say, that the symbol which spoke of the horrible 'justice' of Caesar's empire could now speak of the restorative justice of the true God.

There is nothing thrilling about a laboring person's work, but it is the laboring person who makes the ideas of the genius possible. And it is the laboring saint who makes the ideas of his Master possible. When you labor at prayer, from God's perspective there are always results. What an astonishment it will be to see, once the veil is finally lifted, all the souls that have been reaped by you, simply because you have been in the habit of taking your orders from Jesus Christ.

I'm not saying there's no such thing as genius. But if you're trying to choose between two theories and one gives you an excuse for being lazy, the other one is probably right.

And again, the genius of the laws is their ambiguity, not their clarity, for their ambiguity is the very thing that allows them to gain new life with each passing year, ensuring that past and present forever remain connected and in dialogue.

Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art.

The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.