Genius
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What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.
The true genius shudders at incompleteness — and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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