"Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience." George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer
"It's not the genius who is 100 years ahead of his time but average man who is 100 years behind it." Robert Musil, novelist (1880-1942)
"Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon."
 Oscar Wilde
“Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.” Malcolm Cowley
“The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There is no genius in life like the genius of energy.” Donald G. Mitchell
“One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.” John W. Foster, clergyman (1770-1843)
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