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The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us read more
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them which we are missing.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
[Ger., Das erste und letzte, was read more
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
[Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist
Wahreits-Liebe.]
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.
You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.
Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life.
Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
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.