“Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A genius is precisely a man who defies all schools and rules, who deviates from the traditional roads of routine and opens up new paths through land inaccessible before. A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made.” MenMadeSelfSchoolCreativePathTeacherGrowingLandGeniusTraditionalRoutinePupilsBreedingIngeniousSelf MadeInaccessibleCreativenessDeviateNew PathsCreative Genius Book:Bureaucracy: The Economist Source: Bureaucracy: The Economist
“The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.” WorldFirstsFacesPoliticsResultsPowerPathGeniusMethodMediocre Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“When a man has displayed talent in some particular path, and left all competitors behind him in it, the world are too apt to give him credit for universality of genius, and to anticipate for him success in all that he undertakes.” MenWorldGivingLeftBehindsPathTalentParticularGeniusCreditCompetitorsAnticipateUniversality Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“Geniuses were like storms or cyclones, pulling everything into their path, sticks and stones and dust.” PathGeniusStonesSticksStormDustPullingSticks And StonesCyclones Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“Confidence applied properly is the path of genius. You must always be in a state of confidence. And the way you sustain a state of confidence is by testing yourself. Difficult quagmires that may occur; there's always a test. You have to seek them out. You constantly have to test yourself to prepare for these quagmires. That's why I always put myself to the test.” WayMayStatesDifficultPathGeniusTestsTestingQuagmireTesting Yourself Author:Mike Tyson
“Outstanding examples of genius - a Mozart, a Shakespeare, or a Carl Friedrich Gauss - are markers on the path along which our species appears destined to tread.” PathExampleGeniusSpeciesDestinedOutstandingMarkers Author:Fred Hoyle
“Scholesy was a genius, absolute genius. He was a center-forward's dream, you could make a run and he'd put the ball perfectly in your path. Any footballer you ask will always tell you that Scholesy was one of the best players they've ever played with.” DreamRunningAsksPathPlayerGeniusBallsAbsolutesFootballerBest Players Author:Michael Owen
“Find your true weakness and surrender to it. Therein lies the path to genius. Most people spend their lives using their strengths to overcome or cover up their weaknesses. Those few who use their strengths to incorporate their weaknesses, who don't divide themselves, those people are very rare. In any generation there are a few and they lead their generation.” PeopleUseLyingPathGenerationsGeniusWeaknessOvercomingSurrenderDividesCover Ups Author:Moshe Feldenkrais