Just because they didn't know they were killing human beings doesn't mean they weren't killing human beings.

Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.

It is in everyone's interest that every person's creative genius be encouraged and allowed to develop and express.

The unrecognized genius-that's one old story. Have you ever thought of a much worse one-the genius recognized too well?

If you want to be a genius, it's easy: All you gotta say is, 'Everything stinks.' Then, you're never wrong.

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination

A genius looks at something that others are stuck on and gets the world unstuck.So the question is: Have you ever done that?

What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.

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.

Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.

If it weren't for acid, you might not have an IPod, and you definitely would not have some of the best music in your IPod.

I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.

If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent.

I mean, Tarantino is such a SHMUCK 90 percent of the time. But ten percent of the time, I've seen genius shining off the guy.

Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.