Quotes about Genius

Genius is a light which makes the darkness visible, like the lightning's flash, which perchance shatters the temple of knowledge itself.

The lucky person passes for a genius.

Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of fire for its vivid power.

Intelligence is the sexiest thing in the world.

Willed introversion, in fact, is one of the classic implements of creative genius and can be employed as a deliberate device.

Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life. This sovereignty of genius is a gift of God, possessed only by his grace. It is subject to no one and is responsible to him alone who has granted it this ascendancy.

Not only did I play at a high level, I learned that personal discipline is the indispensable key for accomplishing anything in this life. I have since come to understand even more that it is, in fact, the mother and handmaiden of what we call genius.

I believe in Eternity. I can find Greece, Palestine, Italy, Spain, and the Islands, - the Genius and creative Principle of each and of all eras, in my own mind.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm...Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts.

The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.