Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes

There is no off position on the genius switch.

A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.

Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.

Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

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

Most geniuses are weird.

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

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

Everyone is a genius at least once a year.

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

A genius is a man who has two great ideas.

Genius is the accumulated wealth of our humanity--its most intense development concentrated at one point, and then with clearer expression and with mysterious power shot back to us across the galvanic lines of thought and feeling.

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

Genius is that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?