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"Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way."
"The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people."
"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."
"When we allow the genius of simple nature to flow through us we become every genius who has ever lived."
"A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression."
"Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable."
Explore more quotes by Fritz Kreisler
"My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the front, in order to be as near me as could be, but it developed later that no nurse was allowed to go farther than the large troop hospitals far in the rear of the actual operations."
"Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left Switzerland, accompanied by my wife, in order to report for duty. As it happened, a wire reached me a day later calling me to the colors."
"One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing line which probably prevents the mind's eye from observing and noticing things in a normal way."
"What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of any kind, in spite of the greatly increased liberty and relaxation of police regulations."
"Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about half a mile ahead of us where the shrapnel had exploded. The battle had begun."
"We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast, the men being placed an arm's length apart. After laying their rifles down, barrels pointing to the enemy, a line was drawn behind the row of rifles and parallel to it."
"I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first victim in my platoon."
"IN trying to recall my impressions during my short war duty as an officer in the Austrian Army, I find that my recollections of this period are very uneven and confused."
"Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened."
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