~ To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men - that is genius. ~

~ Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ~

~ The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. ~

~ In the republic of mediocrity genius is dangerous. ~

~ Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. ~

~ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. ~

~ Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. ~

~ In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. ~

~ Talent works, genius creates. ~

~ Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you. ~

~ To see things in the seed, that is genius. ~

~ Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. ~

~ Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. ~

~ There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. ~

~ There is no great genius without some touch of madness. ~