Quotes by Genius I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century. Patricia McBride nevermyselfgeniushumble For me, Kate McKinnon can do no wrong. She is an absolute genius. She's a hero of mine. Melissa McCarthy is hilarious. Laura Benanti shemegeniushero The genius of vinyl is that it allows - commands! - us to put our fingerprints all over that history: to blend and chop and reconfigure it, mock and muse upon it, backspin and skip through it. Adam Mansbach usthroughgeniushistory Very first thing in the morning, I spew some rough genius directly on to the laptop. Then I have coffee and rewrite for three hours. Kevin Barry coffeegeniusthreemorning If I had an idea for a genius app, don't you think I would be getting it made immediately? Amanda Crew appthinkyougenius 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' is, to my mind, a work of perfect genius. Amity Gaige geniusperfectmindwork Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue. Andre Breton mantalentgeniussaid There is no great genius without some touch of madness. Aristotle greatintelligencemadnessgenius The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. Arthur Koestler newprincipalgeniusperfection Mark Zuckerberg is a genius. Not in the Asperger's, autistic way depicted in the very fictional movie 'The Social' Network, the cognitive genius of exceptional ability. That's a modern definition that reduces the original meaning. Antonio Garcia Martinez meaningabilitygeniusway I sleep till one, and I'm always surprised when someone in blue rinse on a talk show says, 'You're a genius, Mr. Newley, you do so many things.' Tony Newley never realized his potential, did the things he should have done. Anthony Newley yougeniussleepblue I'm not a genius; I'm a worker. Anthony Mann workergenius Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible. Anthony Hope bestyouaimgenius No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius. Anna Pavlova alonetalentgeniuswork I was fortunate to be able to do two movies with Harold Ramis. He was the kindest of any director with whom I worked. Harold was a genius. On top of his talent, he could do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle faster than anyone! I am lucky to have known him as well as I did. I will miss him. Andie MacDowell i-ammoviestalentgenius Homer, Vergil, Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, Proust - not exactly authors one expects to whiz through or take lightly, but like all works of genius, they are meant to be read out loud and loved. Andre Aciman lovedlikemeant-to-begenius It is Proust's implacable honesty, his reluctance to cut corners or to articulate what might have been good enough or credible enough in any other writer that make him the introspective genius he is. Andre Aciman goodhonestygeniusenough I think Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo + Juliet' is a work of genius. Kelly Asbury i-thinkthinkgeniuswork Sad to think that we won't have any new stories from John Updike, one of the last century's masters. But so many here in the two volumes of his collected stories, 186 by my count, stories to read, reread, savor over the course of a cold season. Updike's genius in the short form spills out of these many, many pages. Alan Cheuse shortthinksadgenius The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game. Al Spalding gamedemocraticgeniusbaseball«8283848586878889909192»
