Quotes About Genius

Prince and I happen to think alike.

I thought it was so cool that all you knew about Prince was about his artistry and music.

Si en aquel semblante se adivinaban los destellos del genio que emprende el vuelo, igualmente se veían las cenizas junto al volcán; y la esperanza se extinguía en un profundo sentimiento de nulidad social, en la que los orígenes oscuros y la falta de fortuna mantienen a tantos espíritus superiores.

para la gente vulgar la genialidad se parece a la locura.

Tout écrivain porte en son coeur un monstre qui, semblable au taenia dans l'estomac, y dévore les sentiments à mesure qu'ils y éclosent. Qui triomphera ? la maladie de l'homme, ou l'homme de la maladie ? Certes, il faut être un grand homme pour tenir la balance entre son génie et son caractère. Le talent grandit, le coeur se dessèche. A moins d'être un colosse, à moins d'avoir des épaules d'Hercule, on reste ou sans coeur ou sans talent. Vous

Los hombres de genio no tenían hermanos ni hermanas, ni padres ni madres; las grandes obras que habrían de crear les imponían un egoísmo aparente al obligarles a sacrificarlo todo a su grandeza.

El genio no dependía más que de sí mismo, era el único juez de los medios de que se valía, porque solo él conocía el fin que se proponía: debía, por tanto, situarse por encima de las leyes, porque estaba llamado a rehacerlas; por otra parte, quien señorea su siglo puede tomarlo todo, arriesgarlo todo, ya que todo le pertenece.

L'inspiration, c'est l'occasion du génie.

Su genio triunfaría tarde o temprano, como el de tantos otros, sus predecesores que se habían impuesto a la sociedad; ¡entonces le amarían las mujeres! El ejemplo de Napoléon, tan fatal para el siglo XIX por las pretensiones que inspira a tanta gente mediocre , se apareció ante Lucien, quien lanzó sus cálculos al viento reprochándose haberlos hecho. Así estaba hecho Lucien, iba del bien al mal y del mal al bien con la misma facilidad.

L'amour a ses intuitions, comme le génie a les siennes.

Nothing tempts a young man more than to play the part of a good genius to a woman.

Old Wallenrod was unable to survive the disasters of the Empire. At seventy years of age he speculated in cottons, relying on the genius of Napoleon without comprehending that genius is quite as often beyond as at the bottom of current events. The old man had purchased nearly as many bales of cotton as the Emperor had lost men during his magnificent campaign in France.

Talent in men is therefore, in all moral points, very much what beauty is in women, — simply a promise. Let us, therefore, doubly admire the man in whom both heart and character equal the perfection of his genius.

Il genio è pazienza, come ha detto Buffon. La pazienza è in effetti ciò che, nell'uomo, somiglia di più ai procedimenti che segue la natura quando crea. Che cos'è l'arte, signore? è la natura concentrata.»

Necessity is often the spur to genius.

Misfortune is a stepping stone for genius, the baptismal font of Christians, treasure for the skillful man, an abyss for the feeble.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

An intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction

Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not?

It is utterly fantastic to assume that Jesus grew to manhood untouched by the surging currents of the common life that made up the climate of Palestine. Not only must he have been aware of them; that he was affected by them is a most natural observation. A word of caution is urgent at this point. To place Jesus against the background of his time is by no means sufficient to explain him. Who can explain a spiritual genius—or any kind of genius, for that matter?

But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing in the world either way.

The genius of stable societies is that they achieve stability without stagnation, repetition without monotony, conformity with originality, obedience with liberty.

There ain't half been some clever bastards