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John Philip Sousa

"Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius."

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Donna Grant

"When we allow the genius of simple nature to flow through us we become every genius who has ever lived."

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Donna Grant

"Out there, there is some kinda genius person... I am talking about Sherlock Holmes... First very fast talking + in the same full of knowledge."

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

"A genius is a grownup that remained a kid."

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Donna Grant

"Oftentimes in reality, the genius is in the position of the antihero. Neither the good guys nor the bad guys really trust him because his truth is universal."

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Donna Grant

"In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still."

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

"Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble."

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Donna Grant

"Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool."

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Donna Grant

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

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John Philip Sousa
"Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius."

Genius

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John Philip Sousa
"I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher."

Progress

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John Philip Sousa
"From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else."

Music

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John Philip Sousa
"Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music."

Beauty

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John Philip Sousa
"I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes."

Music

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John Philip Sousa
"The movements which I make I cannot possibly repress because, at the time, I am actually the idea I am interpreting, and naturally I picture my players and auditors as in accord with me. I know, of course, that my mannerisms have been widely discussed."

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John Philip Sousa
"Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself."

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John Philip Sousa
"To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false."

Music

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John Philip Sousa
"I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time."

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John Philip Sousa
"Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains."

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