On Genius, Intellect, and Obsession

If I had to put the recipe for genius into one sentence, that might be it: to have a disinterested obsession with something that matters.

If I had to put the recipe for genius into one sentence, that might be it: to have a disinterested obsession with something that matters.

“My whole life has been spent trying to teach people that intense concentration for hour after hour can bring out in people resources they didn’t know they had.” — Edwin Land