Jerry Moss Quotes

Steve Jobs was Galileo in a past life. Discovery was instinctual for him.

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

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

Nothing is more exciting than being around new talent when it emerges.

Genius is a grace. The true man of genius acts by movement or by impulsion.

When you have a brilliant idea, nobody is going to ask to see your diploma.

The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why.

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

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

Talent works, genius creates.

Of course creativity is a mystery. We don't know what drives it or what constitutes it. It's one of those things, like genius, you know it when you see it but it's impossible to define.

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

Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that they rejected it.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

If I like a make-up artist's look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.

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

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 the recovery of childhood at will.

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.

There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants.

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius.