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The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity.

The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity.

Benjamin Haydon
Genius, Divinity, Sparks
Benjamin Robert Haydon (1876). “Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk”, p.336

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.

Benjamin Haydon
Ordinary, Genius, Done
Benjamin Robert Haydon, Frederick Wordsworth Haydon (1876). “Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir”, p.311

Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.

Benjamin Haydon
Genius, Poverty, Never Fear

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