Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Quotes

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Passion is like genius: a miracle.

You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Young men and young women, full of courage, originality, and genius, are everywhere to be met with.

Most geniuses are weird.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

Talent may frolic and juggle; genius realizes and adds.

Talent warms-up the given (as they say in cookery) and makes it apparent; genius brings something new. But our time lets talent pass for genius. They want to abolish the genius, deify the genius, and let talent forge ahead.

The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.

It is only occasional that talent becomes genius - radiating sparks, brilliance, energy, and charismatic magnetism... such a talent was Janis Joplin.

Talent shuffles the deck. Genius brings a new deck.

A genius is a man who has two great ideas.

Genius is the error in the system.

... Geniuses have a little extra something. There's that little something that you know is a little different.

Giving calls for genius.

Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.

Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.

Genius is another word for magic.

Wit is the god of moments, but Genius is the god of ages.