“Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies with its lasting, inextinguishable laughter.” SocialFireSkyGeniusLaughterSmokeShakesLastingPassing AwayStrawsMomentary Book:The Psychology of Laughter Source: The Psychology of Laughter
“The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a mass of accidental variations to select from and a rigidly selective process of attention.” MenArtistProcessAttentionHe ManGeniusMassThinkerVariationSelectSelective Author:Boris Sidis