“You can't hang around geniuses forever because they end up taking everything you've got. That's why they're the genius and you're not.” EndsForeverGenius Author:Bob Colacello
“One type of concentration is immediate and complete, as it was with Mozart. The other is plodding and only completed in stages, as with Beethoven. Thus genius works in different ways to achieve its ends.” WayDifferentEndsAchieveStageTypeGeniusDifferent WaysConcentration Author:Stephen Spender
“In the end, this is a difficult story to sum up. The making of the atomic bomb is one of history's most amazing examples of teamwork and genius and poise under pressure. But it's also the story of how humans created a weapon capable of wiping our species off the planet. It's a story with no end in sight. And, like it or not, you're in it.” HumansEndsStoriesDifficultExamplePlanetsGeniusWeaponsCapableSightPressureSpeciesBombsTeamworkMost AmazingAtomic BombUnder PressurePoise Author:Steve Sheinkin
“Expect a most agreeable letter; for not being overburdened with subject (having nothing at all to say) I shall have no check to my Genius from beginning to end.” EndsSubjectsGeniusLettersChecks Book:The Letters (Annotated Edition) Source: The Letters (Annotated Edition)
“The last verse [In My Secret Life] completely got to me, about how we all have great ideals but in reality we end up conforming, following everyone else. We want to be stronger so we lead that life inside, thinking of ourselves as these great brave souls. I literally thought when I was 15 that I was a musical genius and I could change the world, but in fact you're not and you can't and you don't, and that realisation is almost heartbreaking.” ThinkingWorldWantSoulEndsFactsRealityLastsSecretGeniusIdealsStrongerBraveMusicalFollowingChanging The WorldVersesConformGreat IdeaHeartbreakingRealisationSecret LifeBrave SoulsMusical Genius Author:Katie Melua