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Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
Perhaps, moreover, he whose genius appears deepest and truest
excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; read more
Perhaps, moreover, he whose genius appears deepest and truest
excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he
throws out occasionally a lucky hint at truths of which every
human soul is profoundly though unutterably conscious.
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
Genius and its rewards are briefly told:
A liberal nature and a niggard doom,
A difficult journey read more
Genius and its rewards are briefly told:
A liberal nature and a niggard doom,
A difficult journey to a splendid tomb.
We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.
We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.