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Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in light

Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age. – Napoleon Bonaparte, Discours de Lyon, 1771

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Genius is childhood recaptured. – Jean Baudrillard

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Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with mans 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

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Genius is a plodding intellect, incapable of dreaming up the obstacles that stop the rest of us. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction. – E.F. Schumacher

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