"The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do."

Genius, Rest

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"The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do."

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

Charles Bukowski, American Author

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Honore De Balzac, French Novelist

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"Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite."

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"When it began I wrote this passionate letter to people I knew, studio members, of course, and other people with whom we have worked over the years and I said come and teach our students."

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"They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors."

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"Because - Bobby Lewis said this once to us in class, the better you get, the less credit you'll get. Because the better you are, the more it looks like walking and talking and everybody thinks they can walk and talk."

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