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"Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way."

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

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

"This was genius at close quarters, and genius had that something above normal in it that was a great strain upon the ordinary mind and feeling. All five were different from each other, yet each had that curious quality of burning intensity, the single-mindedness of purpose that made such a terrifying impression. She did not know whether it were a quality of brain or rather a quality of outlook, of intensity. But each of them, she thought, was in his or her way a passionate idealist."

"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!"

"Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things."
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"Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time."

"The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good."

"A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure."

"A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say he is very good."

"One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different colors."

"If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them."
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