Genius Quotes - Page 15

Genius involves both envy and calumny.

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.

When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.

No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius.

Genius is not so much a light as it is a constant awareness of the surrounding gloom.

Genius, like a thunderstorm, comes up against the wind.

He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.

Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.

Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.

Geniuses are like ocean liners: they should never meet.

There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.

Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

My genius is in my nostrils.

Some were brilliant bordering on genius. Others, genius bordering on madness

I have often noticed that the need for cash and the production of a masterpiece just don't coincide with me. Money will hit me at a big off-period and genius will hit me in starvation, that is, I often get the money when I don't think I deserve it and have been lolling around for days and days thinking the most abysmal thoughts.

His [Michael Jackson] behavior was weird, but when you get an artist and a genius, many of the geniuses throughout our whole history were weird. And they did weird things because none of us could understand what was on their mind and why they did what they did.

A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race - and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin.

I know of no such thing as genius, genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

The bolder the action, the greater the genius, magic and power that is likely to flow from it.

Six months go by very quickly when you're a genius.

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone mason and a sculptor

Genius is saying what is in your heart, because it's in everyone's heart.