The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.
Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.
What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old!
We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.
Genius is childhood recalled at will.
No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.
Genius must be born, and never can be taught.
It's a lucky child that knows that they're a genius, unaimed and all that.