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Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in
lighting up their age.
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A genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see
- and hits it.
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Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of
fire for its vivid power.
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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by
themselves or by others.
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There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
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Any intelligent 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.
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Men of genius are rarely much annoyed by the company of
vulgar people.
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I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some
affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the
gods had given him.
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The reluctance to put away childish things may be a
requirement of genius.
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If children grew up according to early indications, we
should have nothing but geniuses.
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Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.
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Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid
of a rat.
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I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making
me hate him.
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Every true genius is bound to be naive.
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Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.
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In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected
thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by
this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
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