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“A genius is a talented person who does his homework.”

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Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and entrepreneur, known as the 'Wizard of Menlo Park' and the 'Inventor of the Age.' He held over 1,000 patents, including the light bulb, phonograph, motion picture camera, and electrical power system. Edison made significant contributions to the fields of electricity, chemistry, and mechanical engineering, profoundly impacting modern industrial and technological development. more

“At our theaters we only see feeble copies of the copies that have proceeded them, renounce that slavish routine which keeps your art in its infancy; examine everything relative to the development of talents; be original; form a style for yourselves based on your private studies; if you must copy, imitate nature, it is a noble model and never misleads those who follow it.”

Ifs Art Form Study Talent Style Development Models Theater Originals Noble Copies Routine Relative Ballet Mislead Infancy Renounce

Author:Jean-Georges Noverre

“I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion be weak, their powers of expression will be likewise.”

Ifs Self Past Artist Emotion Expression Weak Ballet Great Art Conceit Great Artist Pretension Condemning

Author:Jean-Georges Noverre

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