All ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Quotes about “Genius”

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
“Genius is its own reward; for the best that one is, one must necessarily be for oneself. . . . Further, genius consists in the working of the free intellect., and as a consequence the productions of genius serve no useful purpose. The work of genius may be music, philosophy, painting, or poetry; it is nothing for use or profit. To be useless and unprofitable is one of the characteristics of genius; it is their patent of nobility.”
“Talent is like a marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like a marksman who hits a target which others cannot see.”
“Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.”
“To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.”
“A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues?”
“Always to see the general in the particular is the very foundation of genius.”
“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”
“Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light.”
“Virtue is as little to be acquired by learning as genius; nay, the idea is barren, and is only to be employed as an instrument, in the same way as genius in respect to art. It would be as foolish to expect that our moral and ethical systems would turn out virtuous, noble, and holy beings, as that our aesthetic systems would produce poets, painters, and musicians.”

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