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"Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence."

"Of all the things in the world, I'm particularly amazed at, is the conviction with which the MIND, endorses an Idea, which is phenomenal, as it differentiates the Genius from Mediocre, or not to forget the human stupidity in particular!"

"UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity."

"Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius."

"A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it."

"Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy."

"I wouldn't say jamie is an evil genius. I'm not sure he's evil and I'm not sure he's a genius."
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"Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts."

"If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates."

"The jargon of sculptors is beyond me. I do not know precisely why I admire a green granite female, apparently pregnant monster with one eye going around a square corner."

"It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more interested in art, or his art, or the artist part of him, than in him. After which let them take tea together three times a week."

"Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value."

"If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval."
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