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Genius19 quotes
Great wits are sure to madness near allied
And thin partitions do their bounds divide. — John Dryden · 1681The man of talent is like the marksman who hits a mark the others cannot hit; the man of genius is like the marksman who hits a mark they cannot even see. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1819One must have chaos inside oneself to give birth to a dancing star. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1883Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750There is no great genius without some touch of madness. — Aristotle · 60Genius lasts longer than Beauty. — Oscar Wilde · 1890All 19 quotes →Beauty2 quotes
Genius lasts longer than Beauty. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Beauty is a form of genius,—is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or spring-time, or the reflection in dark waters of that silver shell, we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has its divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Genius and insanity2 quotes
Great wits are sure to madness near allied
And thin partitions do their bounds divide. — John Dryden · 1681There is no great genius without some touch of madness. — Aristotle · 60Human potential2 quotes
Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. — Elbert Hubbard · 1911Insanity2 quotes
Great wits are sure to madness near allied
And thin partitions do their bounds divide. — John Dryden · 1681There is no great genius without some touch of madness. — Aristotle · 60Talent2 quotes
The man of talent is like the marksman who hits a mark the others cannot hit; the man of genius is like the marksman who hits a mark they cannot even see. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1819Genius is of no country. — Charles Churchill · 1761Aging1 quote
Genius lasts longer than Beauty. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Beauty fades1 quote
Genius lasts longer than Beauty. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Being misunderstood1 quote
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. — Jonathan Swift · 1711Creativity1 quote
One must have chaos inside oneself to give birth to a dancing star. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1883Different perspectives1 quote
Genius... Means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. — William James · 1890Education1 quote
Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Hard work1 quote
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas Edison · 1932Incremental improvement1 quote
Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of Genius. — William Blake · 1793Inner turmoil1 quote
One must have chaos inside oneself to give birth to a dancing star. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1883Learning from mistakes1 quote
A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. — James Joyce · 1922Man and machine1 quote
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. — Elbert Hubbard · 1911Mistakes1 quote
A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. — James Joyce · 1922Progress1 quote
Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of Genius. — William Blake · 1793The good die young1 quote
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1850Untapped potential1 quote
Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750