Quotes About Genius

In youth my wings were strong and tireless, But I did not know the mountains. In age I knew the mountains But my weary wings could nto follow my vision- Genius is wisdom and youth.

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

Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair.

Molto brillante! Consideratevi applaudito.

A veces no sé si sos un genio que tiene larguísimas lagunas de pelotudez o un pelotudo que tiene mínimos chispazos de genio.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can

Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius.

Oh, can these men love, my Clodius? Scarcely even with the senses. How rarely a Roman has a heart! He is but the mechanism of genius—he wants its bones and flesh.

Talent does what it can: Genius does what it must.

What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but will to labor. I believe that labor judiciously and continuously applied becomes genius.

Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.

In the century of Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Pascal, and Newton," one historian wrote, "the most versatile genius of all was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Caesar remarked that Cicero had won greater laurels than those worn by a general in his Triumph, for it meant more to have extended the frontiers of Roman genius than of its empire.

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American halo. He had an Afro halo. He was a kid who was capable of embodying all of the high possibilities and the deep griefs that besieged the African American psyche.

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.

I think punk rock needs an 'Amadeus.'

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors.

Pound's crazy. All poets are. They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin.

I was fortunate to be able to do two movies with Harold Ramis. He was the kindest of any director with whom I worked. Harold was a genius. On top of his talent, he could do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle faster than anyone! I am lucky to have known him as well as I did. I will miss him.

Even at your best, the creative moments are still kind of fleeting.

I don't feel like there's any artists in the game that have been as creative as Missy Elliott. I feel like she's a genius and she deserves all her flowers.

I feel a part of it, watching my husband the genius be a genius. So when he does something annoying, I can forgive him much more easily.