When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius

Quote by William Crashaw

Topics: Genius Quotes, Imagination Quotes

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Everybody's a genius, it's just a matter of whether you love yourself enough to admit...

Everybody's a genius, it's just a matter of whether you love yourself enough to admit...

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...

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything,...

Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything,...

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical...

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

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...

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to...

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to...

Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise

Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult...

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult...

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...

For 37 years I've practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a...

For 37 years I've practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a...

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

This, therefore, is a faded dream of the time when I went down into the...

This, therefore, is a faded dream of the time when I went down into the...