Charles Saatchi Quotes

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered--either by themselves or by others.

We hire people who are smarter than us.

Most people don't find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don't even know they have great talent.

Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius.

Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other in awe, I venerate the young, unknown geniuses who die in their teens, their souls shattered - delicate, phosphorescent glowworms that one must see to know they really did exist.

Some were brilliant bordering on genius. Others, genius bordering on madness

An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.

when you think you've got hold of a genius ... you can't be sure whether it's a spark of the divine fire or a mere flash in the pan.

The only term I won't accept is "genius."

A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race - and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin.

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither.

Caricature is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

A genius who does not know that he is a genius is no genius.

Of course there are exceptional circumstances, and there is exceptional talent; but, unhappily, exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favoured by exceptional circumstances.

The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.

Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.

We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.

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

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

Genius, whether locked up in a cell or roaming at large, is always solitary.

A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do.

Genius is full of trash.

In order for us [people] to progress, we need brilliance and brilliance isn't fair and it's not polite and we can't grow it. It happens. Genius happens and it doesn't always happen in a zip code where we can access it. Therefore, we kind of need [Internet] not to keep tabs on everybody but we need to give them access to everybody else.

Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to possess all the genius by which the work was produced.

I'm interested in genius the way a hungry man is interested in Philadelphia cheesesteaks. I want something. I want a piece of it.