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"Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few."
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"Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself."

"Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!"

"The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs."

"Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be."

"Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more."

"It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document."

"All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly."

"The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people."

"Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent."
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