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.
Criss JamiTags: originality faith risk genius determination foolish illusion perseverance fool misunderstood taking-risks brilliance first-impression mistaken geniuses glance mistaken-identity wheels
There's a stark difference between the words 'prodigy' and 'genius.' Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that which no one has ever previously discovered. Prodigies learn; geniuses do.
John GreenTags: intelligence geniuses prodigies
The purpose of having the orphans study all these diverse fields was not for them to just become geniuses, but to become polymaths – meaning they would be geniuses in a wide variety of fields.
James MorcanTags: intelligence genius thriller author polymath orphans orphanage geniuses genius-writers higher-intelligence
Real geniuses would like that what we think of ourselves is true.
Dejan StojanovicTags: poetry philosophy literature genius poets true quotes ourselves poetry-quotes geniuses literature-quotes dejan-stojanovic the-sun-watches-the-sun
If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses.
Dejan StojanovicTags: wisdom books poetry philosophy literature poets quotes planet ourselves poetry-quotes geniuses literature-quotes dejan-stojanovic the-sun-watches-the-sun
The true genius of a Woman is her subtle flair in creating the illusion that you are the smart one
Josh SternTags: woman illusion smart subtle geniuses flair
Even geniuses could get things wrong-look at Einstein's unfortunate choice of a hairdresser.
Joss StirlingTags: humor geniuses wrongness
Most geniuses are geniuses because of the way they manage their natural talents. He was one because of the way he took advantage of the world's defects.
Albert Sánchez PiñolScience would not be what it is if there had not been a Galileo, a Newton or a Lavoisier, any more than music would be what it is if Bach, Beethoven and Wagner had never lived. The world as we know it is the product of its geniuses—and there may be evil as well as beneficent genius—and to deny that fact, is to stultify all history, whether it be that of the intellectual or the economic world.
Norman Robert CampbellTags: science life music world history economics genius scientists intellect isaac-newton newton beethoven ludwig-van-beethoven richard-wagner wagner galileo bach giants geniuses galileo-galilei beneficent johann-sebastian-bach lavoisier lavoisier-antione-lavoisier
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