#genius

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught. ↗

— John Dryden

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Genius is talent set on fire by courage. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

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A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man. ↗

— Isaac Stern

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The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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Philosophy is to the mind of the architect as eyesight to his steps. The Term 'genius' when applied to him simply means a man who understands what others only know about. A poet, artist or architect, necessarily 'understands' in this sense and is likely, if not careful, to have the term 'genius' applied to him; in which case he will no longer be thought human, trustworthy or companionable. Whatever may be his medium of expression he utters truth with manifest beauty of thought. If he is an architect, his building is natural. In him, philosophy and genius live by each other, but the combination is subject to popular suspicion and appellation 'genius' likely to settle him--so far as the public is concerned. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

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