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"To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

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"The essence of genius is to know what to overlook."

William James, American Philosopher

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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."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Genius, Freedom, Values, Creativity

"Genius is childhood recalled at will."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Genius, Childhood, Will

"Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Genius, First, Prudence

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

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Genius, Wisdom, Innocence, Truth, Creativity

"A genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"There is no great genius without some touch of madness."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Genius, Madness, Statesman

"One who knows what he or she knows as well as what he or she does not know is a genius."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Genius, Wisdom, Knowledge, Truth, Power

"Genius must be born, and never can be taught."

John Dryden, English Poet

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"We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself."

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"Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made."

Time

"That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers."

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"As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days."

Age

"What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions."

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"Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die."

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"To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill."

"The essence of genius is to know what to overlook."

"Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent."

"Genius is childhood recalled at will."

"Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last."

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

"A genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does."

"There is no great genius without some touch of madness."

"One who knows what he or she knows as well as what he or she does not know is a genius."

"Genius must be born, and never can be taught."

Explore more quotes by Gore Vidal

"We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself."

"Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made."

"That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers."

"As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days."

"What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions."

"Write something, even if it's just a suicide note."

"It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail."

"Never have children, only grandchildren."

"Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little."

"Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die."