Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.
Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.
Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.
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.