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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."

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

"What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around."

"Labeled fools to the world are geniuses to the cosmos."

"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."

"Genius is an inner inherent intuition and perception. It is not a teachable condition."

"There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling."
Explore more quotes by Jerry Lewis

"Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands."

"We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth... or couldn't get better jobs in the first place."

"I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope."

"Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!"

"A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world."

"When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience."

"People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius."
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