“The genius differs from us men in being able to endure isolation, his rank as a genius is proportionate to his strength for enduring isolation, whereas we men are constantly in need of "the others," the herd; we die, or despair, if we are not reassured by being in the herd, of the same opinion as the herd.”
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“Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.”
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“A genius in the wrong position could look like a fool.”
― Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability
― Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability
“People—People.—Phone.—Phone.—Endless. And I am so tired.—And I would like to sleep under trees—Red ones—Blue ones—Swirling passionate ones—”
― My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
― My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
“And then, again, the more distinctly a man knows, the more intelligent he is, the more pain he has; the man who is gifted with genius suffers most of all.”
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
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