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“What allows genius to flower is not neurosis but its opposite... ordinary Sunday-school virtues such as tenacity and above all the ability to survive disappointment.”
― Joan Acocella, Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. There’s no other definition of it.
Ryan Holiday • The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage
Inspiration
Danny • 9 cards
On creativity et al
Jolaade Taiwo • 16 cards
creativity
garrett kindle • 5 cards
The genius is the one who is able to exert control over his materials and his helpers while simultaneously absolutely losing control over himself. He is masterful at performing a servitude to something greater than himself.
Claire Dederer • Monsters
“The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources.” — Goethe
Billy Oppenheimer • The Notecard System: Capture, Organize, and Use Everything You Read, Watch, and Listen To
Writer Gertrude Stein's definition of genius: somebody who knows who to be influenced by.
Katie Dalebout • this last list is light...
Creativity
Marine Buclon-Ducasse • 3 cards