We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what
is impossible for talent is genius.

Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what
is impossible for talent is genius.

Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of read more

Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede--not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen.

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.