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"Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more."
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"Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent."

"A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else."

"What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around."

"Labeled fools to the world are geniuses to the cosmos."

"Genius could be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way, or even to say a simple thing in a simpler way."

"Genius is an inner inherent intuition and perception. It is not a teachable condition."

"There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling."
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"While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate."

"To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself."

"I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown."

"Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more."
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