I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
Max Beerbohm
Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age.
Clive Bell
When I had the wonderful occasion to play a goofball, Jane, in 'Coupling,' it was definitely an homage to Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who I just... →
Gina Bellman
I'm doing what all modern artists do now, which is nothing - just sit around and dream about things. I'll do what they call 'the stroke... →
Billy Al Bengston
Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.
Bernard Berenson
Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.
Henri Bergson
The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.
Aneurin Bevan
This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.
Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.
Ambrose Bierce
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
Josh Billings