Genius is nothing but a mastery of the subject at hand

Sometimes geniuses create nothing new, they organize already existing material into something completely useful in other ways

Genius is when you strike a chord accidently, and the ensuing music is beyond your control

Most geniuses are geniuses because of the way they manage their natural talents. He was one because of the way he took advantage of the world's defects.
-pg 129

Genius does not need to be validated, it just needs a legal pad and a pen.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies