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"When we allow the genius of simple nature to flow through us we become every genius who has ever lived."
"Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent."
"Genius without wisdom is like a plane without wings, it will navigate the runway but it will never know the sky."
"In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts, they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty."
"Genius is an inner inherent intuition and perception. It is not a teachable condition."
"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."
"A genius is a grownup that remained a kid."
"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."
Explore more quotes by Robert Lynd
"Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left."
"One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge."
"Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve."
"Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them."
"There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas."
"Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen."
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