Music resembles poetry, in eachAre nameless graces which no methods teach,And which a master hand alone can reach.

I’d like to invent a product that’ll turn 18-year-olds into 21-year-olds, and sell it in front of bars.

Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent.

Genius could be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way, or even to say a simple thing in a simpler way.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.

WHORES.Necessary in the nineteenth century for the contraction of syphilis, without which no one could claim genius.

Now more than ever the world needs your brilliance, your voice, your unique imagination, and your particular genius.

Thor once took an IQ test, and he was scoring so high that the referees took away his ability to shoot three pointers.

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.

Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play.

Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up them.

PARAPHRASE: Genius is not that you are smarter than everyone else. It is that you are ready to receive the inspiration.

Intelligence, Kant reminds, is not so much a result of genius, rather it is a consequence of a determination to use it.

We’re all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.