You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time.

Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius and its rewards are briefly told:
A liberal nature and a niggard doom,
A difficult journey read more

Genius and its rewards are briefly told:
A liberal nature and a niggard doom,
A difficult journey to a splendid tomb.

But genius must be born, and never can be taught.

But genius must be born, and never can be taught.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.