Richard Bach Quotes

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.

Passion is the genesis of genius.

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

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

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Genius is initiative on fire.

The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.

Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

If someone has something they're really passionate about, that's their brilliance, and my big question is how do we grow that passion/brilliance and/or help them grow.

Life itself is inspiration.

If you want to do things right, you have to dig deep for that inspiration.

We definitely want to make sure that what we are making is something that we are proud of and something that we are inspired to write.

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

Self-love is a principle of action; but among no class of human beings has nature so profusely distributed this principle of life and action as through the whole sensitive family of genius.

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

Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.

Ask for nothing less than inspiration.

I consider myself a genius because, when you talk about anything and everything, you a genius to me. It's just about makin' it fire on top o' more fire.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.

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