Arthur Desmond Quotes

Men of genius are not be analyzed by commonplace rules.

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

There is a pinch of the madman in every great man.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

… there is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball gladly.

Greatness and madness are next door neighbours; and they borrow each other's sugar. You don't get there without the other.

You can't have a masterpiece without madness.

To be really great and interesting, you have to be a little crazy. I just don't think one comes without the other.

The man who puts life into an idea is acclaimed a genius, because he does the right thing at the right time. Therein lies the difference between the genius and a commonplace man.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

I think being a little nuts is helpful.

There is no off position on the genius switch.

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.

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

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

Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.

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

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

Outrageous behavior, also known as the lunatic fringe, is the seed bed of innovation and creativity.

Nations of great genius exhibit great patience.

Genius is always impatient of its harness; its wild blood makes it hard to train.

A genius is someone with the ability to come up with ideas that are new, surprising and valuable.

I think every brilliant mind is a little bit crazy.