{"id":1428,"date":"2009-04-01T15:38:08","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T07:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2009-04-01T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T07:38:08","slug":"words-of-inspiration-quotes-on-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/words-of-inspiration-quotes-on-genius.html","title":{"rendered":"Famous Quotable Inspirational Quotes About Genius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.<br \/><em><br \/>\n&mdash; Thomas Edison, US inventor of the motion-picture projector, phonograph, electric-light bulb and 1,090 other inventions.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nNo great genius is without a mixture of madness. <br \/><em><br \/>\n&mdash; Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher dubbed one of the greatest thinkers of all time. His work was the foundation for western science and philosophy for over 1,000 years.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nYou&#8217;re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn&#8217;t lose it. <br \/><em><br \/>\n&mdash; Robin Williams, US comedian and actor famous for his improvisation and roles like the genie in Disney&#8217;s Aladdin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-5685769204706262\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"eeeecc\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text\";\n\/\/2007-08-06: JanLeow.com Blogs (Content)\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"5832813811\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"003399\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"808080\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:0\";\n\/\/--><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script><\/center><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\nAbout half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15% are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs. <br \/><em><br \/>\n&mdash; Manolo Blahnik, Spanish fashion designer famous for creating high fashion and very expensive shoes.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nNeither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love &mdash; that is the soul of genius. <br \/><em><br \/>\n&mdash; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer considered the greatest musical genius of all time.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nInsanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome. <br \/><em><br \/>\n&mdash; Old Chinese proverb.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nMadness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. <br \/><em><br \/>\n&mdash; Voltaire, philosopher and playwright considered one of the greatest French artists.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Return to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"words-of-inspiration-quotes\">Words of Inspiration Quotes Table of Contents<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. &mdash; Thomas Edison, US inventor of the motion-picture projector, phonograph, electric-light bulb and 1,090 other inventions. No great genius is without a mixture of madness. &mdash; Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher dubbed one of the greatest thinkers of all time. His work was the foundation for western science &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/words-of-inspiration-quotes-on-genius.html\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Famous Quotable Inspirational Quotes About Genius<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11],"tags":[48,166],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1bS5F-n2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1551,"url":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/words-of-inspiration-quotes-on-confidence.html","url_meta":{"origin":1428,"position":0},"title":"Words of Inspiration Quotes on Confidence","author":"Jan","date":"24 June 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"We all need some encouragement now and then. 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