Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.
Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.
All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.
Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.