What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

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God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword....

And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword....

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in...

I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in...

All actual heroes are essential men, / And all men possible heroes...

All actual heroes are essential men, / And all men possible heroes...

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

Since when was genius found respectable?

Since when was genius found respectable?

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists...

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

Genius is intensity

Genius is intensity

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.

Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of...

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of...

Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the...

Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the...

Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.

Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.