top of page
.png){kind=small}
"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."
Standard
Customized
More
"Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Ah, Senor Zhang," Leo said, "you know how you're always saying, 'Leo, you are the only true genius among demigods'?""I'm pretty sure I never said that."
Author Name
Personal Development
"A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way."
Author Name
Personal Development
"There is no great genius without some touch of madness."
Author Name
Personal Development
"The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Genius is a word too often tossed around in musical circles."
Author Name
Personal Development
"A man's genius seems to befriend the more when he reads with open heart, the masterpiece of masterminds, the sagacity of sages, and the ingenious words of geniuses of ages."
Author Name
Personal Development
"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."
Author Name
Personal Development
More
"Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing."
Music
"To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false."
Music
"Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds?"
Business
"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."
Music
"I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes."
Music
"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
"My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people."
Success
"America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people."
People
"I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world. Perhaps the music-lovers of some of our larger cities equal the English, but I do not believe they can be surpassed in that respect."
Music
"My religion lies in my composition."
Religion
bottom of page