Quotes About Genius

I would love to think there is a direct relationship between coffee and genius, but they've done studies, and if anything, caffeine probably makes you a little less creative.

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.

What does Christianity mean today? National Socialism is a religion. All we lack is a religious genius capable of uprooting outmoded religious practices and putting new ones in their place.

Religion itself is without genius. There is no religious genius and no one would be permitted to distinguish between the talented and the untalented in religion.

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.

Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music, and poetry.

The genius of a man capable of explaining religion seems to me to be of a higher order than that of a founder of religion. And that is the glory to which I aspire.

I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!"

Since when was genius found respectable?

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither.

Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the first few hundred years.

I have a lot of respect for people with a lot of talent.

Talent perceives differences; genius, unity

The knife is the most durable, immortal, the most genius thing that man created. The knife was the guillotine; the knife is the universal means of solving all knots; and along the blade of a knife lies the path of paradox - the single most worthy path of the fearless mind.

A hidden poetry that will be lost if any mediocrity is shed. Genius is a casualty. The poetry must never be conspicuous — its scent is only detectable when subtle.

If the concept of the hero is a physical one, then, just as Alexander the Great acquired heroic stature by modeling himself on Achilles, the conditions necessary for becoming a hero must be both a ban on originality and a true faithfulness to a classical model; unlike the words of a genius, the words of a hero must be selected as the most impressive and noble from among ready-made concepts.

engineer genius mice that display much-improved memory and learning skills.

Since AlphaZero had learned nothing from any human, many of its winning moves and strategies seemed unconventional to the human eye. They may well be considered creative, if not downright genius.

Can you guess how long it took AlphaZero to learn chess from scratch, prepare for the match against Stockfish, and develop its genius instincts? Four hours.

Doesn't it look as though a genius is actually a person who has figured out a different way to think?

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared, but only men of character are trusted.

Calvin Coolidge once said, "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

She didn't have a quick comeback, not that he gave her time to answer. His lips carried a hint of cinnamon from the tea. His tongue acted like an old friend back for a long conversation. He kissed like a master, taking his time and giving her his complete focus. No wonder he was called a genius.

This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present.