Quotes on Genius

The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.

Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is it necessary to go a further step and hold that two morons are better than one genius?

Peter had a genius for imitation; but he lacked true genius, which is creative and makes all from nothing.

There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself.

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within.

Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

Obviously, Jay-Z is one of the greatest entertainers of the world today. Not only is he a remarkable rhetorical genius, he's also a man of deep sympathy and empathy for those who are lost and vulnerable, but especially under-educated youth of all cultures and stripes.

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

We may be sure that a genius like Mozart, were he born today, would write concertos like Chopin and not like Mozart.

The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.

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

Geniuses must never die, the progress of mankind depends on us

Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.

There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like an author creates a character. She understood photography, and she also understood what makes a great photograph. She related to it as if she were giving a performance. She gave more to the still camera than any actress-any woman- I've ever photographed.

Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is necessary to preserve the soil in which they grow.

Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.