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Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
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.]
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.
In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated read more
In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.
Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius--and a lot read more
Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in the
opposite direction.
