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Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius
can appear.
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius
can appear.
Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there
Seduced me first to me a wicked player.
Vivutur ingenio, that damn'd motto there
Seduced me first to me a wicked player.
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men
of genius--the men of reasoning and the read more
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men
of genius--the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.
Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]
Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.
Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for read more
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men--that is genius.
