Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]

Genius is only patience.
[Fr., Le Genie, c'est la patience.]

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.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius--and a lot read more

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in the
opposite direction.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

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

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

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.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated read more

In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.