"Genius is to other gifts what the..." - Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

“It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.”

“On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head.”

“A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name”

“The genius-in work and in deed-is necessarily a squanderer: the fact that he spends himself constitutes his greatness.”

“Taste is the common sense of genius.”

“A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.”

“An artist must be very careful not to look for models. As soon as one artist takes another as model, he is lost. There is no other point of departure than reality.”

“I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional.”

“An imitator is a man who succeeds in being an imitation.”