"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."

Genius, Gods, Affliction, Man

24

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"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."

Exlpore more Genius quotes

"For 37 years I've practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius."

Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish Musician

Genius, Day, Now, Years

"A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Genius, Wisdom, Innocence, Truth, Creativity

"First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it."

David Ogilvy, English Businessman

Genius, Being, First, Reputation

"A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

Genius, Discovery, Errors, Man

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

Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

Genius, Prudence, Quick

"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!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

Genius, Stupidity, Idea, Judgment

"In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and walks through a kitchen into a restaurant and the critics were all over this as evidence of the genius of Scorsese and Scorsese is a genius."

Alex Cox, British Director

Genius, Kitchen

"Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty."

Charles Peguy, French Philosopher

Genius, Man, Poverty

"Genius is the recovery of childhood at will."

Arthur Rimbaud, French Poet

Genius, Childhood, Will

"When I edit, I'm not from the school of Hello, I'm a genius, so everybody shut up. I'm from the school of Let's play it once in front of an audience, and then I'll tell you where it is going."

Garry Marshall, American Actor

Genius, Play, School

Explore more quotes by Max Beerbohm

"People are either born hosts or born guests."

People, Guests

"To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving."

Giving,

"To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine."

Pen,

"We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans."

Dream, Dreams, American, Americans, Listening

"Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth."

Worth,

"Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls."

People,

"The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all."

Conscience, Cowards

24

Standard

Customized

Exlpore more Genius quotes

"For 37 years I've practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius."

"A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up."

"First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it."

"A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."

"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!"

"In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and walks through a kitchen into a restaurant and the critics were all over this as evidence of the genius of Scorsese and Scorsese is a genius."

"Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty."

"Genius is the recovery of childhood at will."

"When I edit, I'm not from the school of Hello, I'm a genius, so everybody shut up. I'm from the school of Let's play it once in front of an audience, and then I'll tell you where it is going."

Explore more quotes by Max Beerbohm

"People are either born hosts or born guests."

"To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving."

"When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul."

"Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful."

"It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality."

"To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine."

"We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans."

"Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth."

"Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls."

"The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all."