Hidden Brilliance Quotes

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

Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.

Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing.

How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!

Tina Fey is my hero. Some of the most brilliant people don't come off as brilliant.

It is impossible that a genius - at least a literary genius - can ever be discovered by his intimates; they are so close to him that he is out of focus to them and they can't get at his proportions; they can't perceive that there is any considerable difference between his bulk and their own.

Many of the writers I admire - Melville, Dickinson, Kafka - were virtually invisible during their lifetimes. Art, I think, often has to dance around in the void.