On Genius, Intellect, and Obsession
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On Genius, Intellect, and Obsession
“Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped with man's physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed.”
- Charles Baudelaire
The people we traditionally consider to be smartest are those best at some sort of a general math / reasoning ability. This is not what genius is. Genius is being extremely good at a couple of things that really matter. genius is having a vision
Alexey Guzey • Intelligence killed genius - Alexey Guzey
A better definition of a genius is, "a man who has discovered how to increase the vibrations of thought to the point where he can freely communicate with sources of knowledge not available through the ordinary rate of vibration of thought."
James Allen • Think And Grow Rich (1937 Edition)
In the minds of geniuses, we find – once more – our own neglected thoughts.