Quotes About Genius

I would suggest that our imagination is a tiny shard of God's infinite genius that we have within us simply because we were created in God's image.

The genius must have his freedom and his independence.

Genius is not a retainer to any emperor.

You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the best people are!

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.

A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.

Genius is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance.

There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.

Accept your genius and say what you think.

The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.

Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.

Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?'

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.

Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

I'm a creative genius and there's no other way to word it.

To be more successful, learn to distinguish between the truly unimportant and the truly important. Eventually you will be considered not only a genius, but a messiah as well.