"I gave my genius to my life, but my talent to my art."
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"When I had to fill in my immigration papers, I gave my age as 19, and my profession as genius; I added that I had nothing to declare except my talent."
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"The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs."
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"It is necessary for the welfare of society that genius should be privileged to utter sedition, to blaspheme, to outrage good taste, to corrupt the youthful mind, and generally to scandalize one's uncles."
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"Madness in method, that's genius"
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"Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn."
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"The genius is making a way out of no way."
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"There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded."
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"There are two types of genius; one which above all begets and wants to beget, and another which prefers being fertilized and giving birth."
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"Genius has no youth, but starts with the ripeness of age and old experience."
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"The art of genius is knowing how far out is too far."
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"Genius is sorrow's child."
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"Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them."
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"Genius is childhood recaptured."
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"Inspiration is the opportunity of genius."
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"Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate."
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"Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls."
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"genius accepts genius unconditionally"
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"Talent does things tolerably well; genius does then intolerably better"
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"The challenge artists face today is whether to be an underground, unheard genius, or to dilute their art for the marketplace."
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