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.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
[Ger., Das erste und letzte, was read more

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
[Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist
Wahreits-Liebe.]

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.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. read more

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often
originates in the events of times.

Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often
originates in the events of times.