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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."
Explore more quotes by Billy Wilder


"My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?"


"Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood."


"I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut."
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